phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Beautifully captured!

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

I appreciate that Phlash. They can be a little uncooperative at times but these cams out pretty good. Have a great day!
-Doc

SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL

Great captures Doc.

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

Thanks a lot Jan. So glad you liked them. Nice to go down to your part of the country and some nice warm weather.
-Doc

DaveJ Loc: NE Missouri

Nice photos and great write-up. Thanks for sharing.

CLF Loc: Raleigh, NC

[quote=docshark]I just got back from the Southeastern Meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas in Crestview, FL. Or survey area was in the Blackwater Wildlife Management Area and Blackwater Forest Fishheries Area near Holt, Florida. Our target species was the Say's Spiketail (Cordulegaster sayi). I saw one but didn't get a shot of it. It is one of the most poorly known dragonflies of the Southeastern US. The other target species were Twin Striped Clubtail (Hylogomphus geminatum), Westfall's Clubtail (Phanogomphus westfalli) and Hodge's Clubtail (Phanogomphus hodgesi). Those are shown below. These dragons are of the Gomphidae family. Most Gomphidae will perch on the ground making for a cluttered background. The Twin Striped however, wil usually perch about three feet off the ground near their clear sandy bottom stream. They were formerly in the Gomphus genus. The subgenera have now all been elevated to genera in the US. Of the original 53 Gomphus genera there are only 11 left with that designation, none of which are in the Western hemisphere. (That will keep the interns busy changing identification labels). It was a great meeting. I got to catch up with a lot of friends, see a part of Florida I had not seen before and make a few new friends. Enjoy. I will be posting more.
-Doc


Doc, an awesome set of dragons and the dialog is very interesting. I have seen a couple of dragons already in my yard and hopefully this will be a banner year around here.

Greg

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Great shots, Doc! The first one is a wow.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

Nice series, Doc. Still too cool here for dragons to be out. Thanks for sharing.

Rathyatra Loc: Southport, United Kingdom

Amazing set Doc.

jjanovy Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

Thanks for the great pics. As a biologist who's published several papers on the parasites of damselflies, (with my students as senior authors!) I really appreciate the contribution, especially of members of that family.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

Well done dragon fly master......beautiful images they are.

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

Doc, an awesome set of dragons and the dialog is very interesting. I have seen a couple of dragons already in my yard and hopefully this will be a banner year around here.

Greg[/quote]

That's great Greg. We aren't ready for an emergence here quite yet and I doubt with the current temps that we will have many migrants any time soon. Maybe 4 more weeks. Thanks for the very fine compliment on my work my friend.
-Doc

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

I really appreciate that fine comment Carol. That first guy will perch up most of the time while the others will perch on the ground making for a cluttered shot.
-Doc

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

Yeah David it's far too cold here in Delaware too. Not even the migrants are here yet let alone the local emergents. Glad you like the set. More coming.
-Doc

docshark Loc: Millersville, PA

I'm glad you think so Bill. Thank you for taling the time to look in and comment. Cheers,
-Doc