A Meeting of Dragonflies: A resting Blue Dasher encounters a Blue-eyed Darner. Assume the darner dropped by to say hello. Best viewed on download. Shots taken at El Dorado Park, Long...

DJD Loc: Seal Beach, CA

A resting Blue Dasher encounters a Blue-eyed Darner. Assume the darner dropped by to say hello. Best viewed on download. Shots taken at El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA. Using a Nikon D500 w/80-400. Thanks for viewing.

Don

Blue Dasher (resting) and Blue-eyed Darner (in-flight)

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Blue Dasher
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Blue-eyed Darner
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UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent action sequence, Don!

Amator21 Loc: California

DJD wrote:

A resting Blue Dasher encounters a Blue-eyed Darner. Assume the darner dropped by to say hello. Best viewed on download. Shots taken at El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA. Using a Nikon D500 w/80-400. Thanks for viewing.

Don

A beautiful series. All the pictures are sharp and clear. A very nice nature scene! Thank you for sharing!
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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Odd no ground was given. Great sequence!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nice set.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Nice. I was curious - a group of dragonflies is called either a cluster of a flight, whichever you prefer.

rbmacc Loc: DeQuincy La

REALLY LIKE THIS SET !!

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

DJD wrote:

A resting Blue Dasher encounters a Blue-eyed Darner. Assume the darner dropped by to say hello. Best viewed on download. Shots taken at El Dorado Park, Long Beach, CA. Using a Nikon D500 w/80-400. Thanks for viewing.

Don

Nice set Don

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Excellent sequence, Don.

Irvingite Charles Loc: Irving, Tx

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

This is an excellent set Don. Very sharp and a fine DIF shot. Both dragons are Blue Dashers. A Blue-eyed Darner is a mosaic darner and has speckled markings on the abdomen. The thoracic pattern on both is the same if you look closely. A Blue-eyed Darner is about 65-70 mm while a Blue dasher is about 25-45 mm long.
>i< Doc

tcthome Loc: NJ

DJD Loc: Seal Beach, CA

docshark wrote:

This is an excellent set Don. Very sharp and a fine DIF shot. Both dragons are Blue Dashers. A Blue-eyed Darner is a mosaic darner and has speckled markings on the abdomen. The thoracic pattern on both is the same if you look closely. A Blue-eyed Darner is about 65-70 mm while a Blue dasher is about 25-45 mm long.
>i< Doc

Thanks for the correction docshark. The webpage I was looking at got the dasher right but missed on the darner. At least I was batting 500.

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

DJD wrote:

Thanks for the correction docshark. The webpage I was looking at got the dasher right but missed on the darner. At least I was batting 500.

I've been studying them for 13 years Don and I still can't always get them 100% of the time. Some have to be photographed at certain angles to see the field marks that give accurate IDs. Have a great day and keep posting these beauties!
>i< Doc