Another Dragonfly
Jun 24, 2014 20:04:41 #
This is the other Dragonfly I normally see where I live... I don't normally see any of the Blue or Red ones...
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Jun 24, 2014 20:05:49 #
Jun 24, 2014 20:15:33 #
It's been ID'd as an immature male Species Plathemis lydia - Common Whitetail
Jun 24, 2014 20:16:56 #
Oh, got the Tamron 180mm F3.5 macro today... Yep it's sharp, but it seems to have even less DOF than my 105mm macro... Going to take awhile to get used to ...
Jun 24, 2014 20:19:47 #
Looks like I forgot to "store original".... Sorry
Jun 24, 2014 20:31:01 #
Looks like I used the resized files that I used for Bug Guide, Sorry...
Jun 24, 2014 20:40:00 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Winged dragonflies are adult stage of life cycle, no further molting. An "immature" dragonfly is a nymph that lives in water: It's been ID'd as an immature male Species Plathemis lydia - Common Whitetail
http://www.dragonfly-site.com/dragonfly-life-cycle.html
"Once the nymph is fully grown, and the weather is right, it will complete the metamorphosis into a dragonfly by crawling out of the water up the stem of a plant. The nymph will shed its skin onto the stem of the plant and will then be a young dragonfly. The skin that the nymph left behind is called the exuvia and you can find the exuvia still stuck to the stem for a long time after the dragonfly has left it.
Once the dragonfly leaves the exuvia it is a full grown dragonfly. Adult dragonflies only live about two months."
Jun 24, 2014 20:48:14 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Douglass, my info came from this page on Bug Guide... Note that it uses the term "immature" Winged dragonflies are adult stage of life cycle, no further molting. An "immature" dragonfly is a nymph that lives in water:
http://www.dragonfly-site.com/dragonfly-life-cycle.html
http://www.dragonfly-site.com/dragonfly-life-cycle.html
http://bugguide.net/node/view/603
Jun 24, 2014 20:51:11 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
What is the difference between an 'immature" dragonfly and a mature dragonfly? Douglass, my info came from this page on Bug Guide... Note that it uses the term "immature" http://bugguide.net/node/view/603
Per Bug Guide:
"Immature males have the same body pattern as females but the same wing pattern as mature males."
"'tween' males have abdomens that are beginning to turn blue, but the adolescent body pattern still shows through the blue."
"Mature males have a short, stout abdomen that is completely chalky blue-white covering the adolescent pattern."
I dislike the terms immature, tween, and mature, which I believe suggests growing in size. I prefer early, mid, and late adult stage.
Jun 24, 2014 23:40:02 #
Scott, some real fine shooting here. Glad you uploaded the downloadable version. Great details on these!
Jun 25, 2014 08:53:09 #
Jun 25, 2014 10:07:54 #
Jun 25, 2014 13:55:18 #
Nice shots, need to be large glad you set that.
With the longer lens the hot spot on the eye is that the sun (don't see too much of that here) or the flash?
With the longer lens the hot spot on the eye is that the sun (don't see too much of that here) or the flash?
Jun 25, 2014 13:57:14 #
infestation wrote:
It was the flash from my ring light.With the longer lens the hot spot on the eye is that the sun (don't see too much of that here) or the flash?
Jun 25, 2014 17:15:28 #
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