optic
Loc: Southwestern United States
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.
Good eye and excellent execution!
I like this type of picture. Well done.
Very nice and good catch!!!! I like those earth tone colors!!!!!
optic
Loc: Southwestern United States
Thank you, HOT Texas:
I appreciate the comment.
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.
>i< Doc
Great idea, nicely presented
optic
Loc: Southwestern United States
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.
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.
It was a great place for me.I think I had 8 new species there.
>i< Doc
And I was expecting a UPS truck. This is much better
optic
Loc: Southwestern United States
Thanks, raymondh:
I hope UPS got there and handed oud what you wanted.
optic wrote:
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.
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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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