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A Meeting of Dragonflies
Jul 12, 2021 12:57:07 #
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
Don
Blue Dasher (resting) and Blue-eyed Darner (in-flight)
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Jul 12, 2021 13:18:03 #
Jul 12, 2021 13:32:08 #
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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
Don
A beautiful series. All the pictures are sharp and clear. A very nice nature scene! Thank you for sharing!
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Jul 12, 2021 13:54:11 #
Jul 12, 2021 14:24:58 #
Jul 12, 2021 14:26:10 #
Nice. I was curious - a group of dragonflies is called either a cluster of a flight, whichever you prefer.
Jul 12, 2021 14:35:42 #
Jul 13, 2021 05:13:33 #
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
Don
Nice set Don
Jul 13, 2021 06:20:14 #
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Jul 13, 2021 07:31:17 #
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.
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Jul 13, 2021 08:40:04 #
Jul 13, 2021 08:55:38 #
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.
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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.
Jul 13, 2021 09:37:54 #
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!
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