Study in Brown
Apr 4, 2021 03:48:11 #
April welcomes the Odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) who swim up from their larval infancy, spread wings and, as they have for three hundred million years, take on the job of controlling the buzzing clouds of Diptera (gnats, flies, mosquitos and the like) that, like the dragonflies themselves, rise each spring from the waters they require in order to reproduce.
This Southwestern dragonfly is called the Black Filigree and since the dark patterns on the wings are lighter and more brown than black, she is identifiable as a female of the species.
This Southwestern dragonfly is called the Black Filigree and since the dark patterns on the wings are lighter and more brown than black, she is identifiable as a female of the species.
Apr 4, 2021 10:46:31 #
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Apr 5, 2021 09:30:43 #
Apr 5, 2021 11:11:07 #
Very nice and good catch!!!! I like those earth tone colors!!!!! 
Apr 5, 2021 11:23:37 #
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Apr 5, 2021 13:38:59 #
The Filigree Skimmer is one of my favorite dragons. I got a fews hots of one surveying at Queen's Creek in Queen Valley, AZ. This is a wonderful shot! Nice composition. Well done.
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Apr 5, 2021 13:54:43 #
Apr 5, 2021 15:58:25 #
Thanks, docshark:
The irrigation ditch in Queen Valley which, after Whitlow Dam, is what's left of Queen Creek and its three associated ponds are sites where unusual and even rare odonates, both dragons and damsels, can be found... For years I have called it Dragonfly Alley.
The irrigation ditch in Queen Valley which, after Whitlow Dam, is what's left of Queen Creek and its three associated ponds are sites where unusual and even rare odonates, both dragons and damsels, can be found... For years I have called it Dragonfly Alley.
Apr 5, 2021 16:00:28 #
Apr 5, 2021 16:03:22 #
optic wrote:
Thanks, docshark:
The irrigation ditch in Queen Valley which, after Whitlow Dam, is what's left of Queen Creek and its three associated ponds are sites where unusual and even rare odonates, both dragons and damsels, can be found... For years I have called it Dragonfly Alley.
The irrigation ditch in Queen Valley which, after Whitlow Dam, is what's left of Queen Creek and its three associated ponds are sites where unusual and even rare odonates, both dragons and damsels, can be found... For years I have called it Dragonfly Alley.
It was a great place for me.I think I had 8 new species there.
>i< Doc
Apr 5, 2021 16:55:08 #
Apr 5, 2021 17:55:50 #
Thanks, raymondh:
I hope UPS got there and handed oud what you wanted.
I hope UPS got there and handed oud what you wanted.
Apr 7, 2021 20:53:14 #
optic wrote:
April welcomes the Odonates (dragonflies and damse... (show quote)
What a wonderful post!!! Beautiful image of a dragonfly I've never seen before, and thank you so much for including the information as well!! A beautiful study in brown indeed!!
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