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Dragonfly pond.....

Refocus.....

 

A "Scarlet Percher"....resting in the background.

"Diplacodes haematodes"

FAMILY LIBELLULIDAE.

Sometimes confused with another similar dragonfly called a Wandering Percher.

 

This male is distinguished by the lack of markings on the adbomen and red suffusions at the wing bases.

 

A smaller dragonfly than the "skimmers." With a vivid red abdomen.

 

In the foreground is the Blue Skimmer. (From previous shot.)

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Uploaded on February 4, 2011
Taken on January 26, 2011