Identity Help
Jul 13, 2019 14:09:07 #
A week ago I spent the afternoon at the Wildlife Safari in Ashland Nebraska. I posted a few photo's that I took but I also wanted to post this one. I'm not sure if this is a dragonfly or not. Can someone tell me if i'm correct or is it something else. I always thought dragonflys had transparent wings.
Jul 13, 2019 14:19:57 #
Jul 13, 2019 14:21:20 #
Looks like a black wing damselfly. Pretty common around here.
Nice shot.
Nice shot.
Jul 13, 2019 14:25:15 #
kenrich53 wrote:
A week ago I spent the afternoon at the Wildlife Safari in Ashland Nebraska. I posted a few photo's that I took but I also wanted to post this one. I'm not sure if this is a dragonfly or not. Can someone tell me if i'm correct or is it something else. I always thought dragonflys had transparent wings.
Damselflies at rest with their wings parallel to their body. Dragonflies at rest have the wings perpendicular to their body.
Jul 13, 2019 15:27:42 #
dennis2146 wrote:
That is a beautiful photo. I have never seen anything like it.
Dennis
Dennis
Thanks Dennis. It was about 25 feet below me in a creek bed.
Jul 13, 2019 15:29:02 #
BassmanBruce wrote:
Looks like a black wing damselfly. Pretty common around here.
Nice shot.
Nice shot.
Thank you. This is the first time I've seen a black one before.
Jul 13, 2019 15:30:00 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Damselflies at rest with their wings parallel to their body. Dragonflies at rest have the wings perpendicular to their body.
Thank you sir. I'll keep that in mind the next time I see one, that is if my mind will retain the info. :)
Jul 13, 2019 15:50:40 #
Whatever it is, good capture! Check with docshark, he can identify exactly what it is.
Jul 13, 2019 16:58:55 #
Jul 13, 2019 18:37:10 #
Jul 14, 2019 08:49:20 #
What you have here is a male Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata). A broad-winged damselfly. Iridescent in color it changes between green and blue. Though Ode to shoot. Well done.
-Doc
-Doc
Jul 14, 2019 13:16:28 #
UTMike wrote:
Whatever it is, good capture! Check with docshark, he can identify exactly what it is.
Thank you. Docshark did respond and told me what it was.
Jul 14, 2019 13:16:46 #
kpmac wrote:
I've never seen one of those. Nice image.
Thank you. My first time also.
Jul 14, 2019 13:17:08 #
Jul 14, 2019 13:18:16 #
docshark wrote:
What you have here is a male Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata). A broad-winged damselfly. Iridescent in color it changes between green and blue. Though Ode to shoot. Well done.
-Doc
-Doc
Thanks Doc. This is the first time that I've seen one and wasn't sure of what it was. Thanks again for the information.
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