joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
At my first, quick glance, I thought those were spider veins πππ (A super shot, by the way βββββ)
I only know this flyer as a dragonfly by name. Tutubi is what they call it in the Philippines. They come in different colors, mostly in attractive bright red. They come out during the rice harvest season along with fireflies that light up the dark rice fields at night.
So hard to catch on the wing.
As kids we would catch them, feed them tobacco and then watch them fly around like they were drunk. I don't know what the tobacco had in it that made them tipsy, but it certainly did.
Thanks All, Iβm pleased you like my efforts to capture this beautiful little fellow on the wing. They can be a little difficult to photograph in flight, especially when Iβve set the camera in single shot mode for static subjects.
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