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I was hunting for lizards when this common darter returned to its perch then I saw it dart off and catch a fly which it is eating in this shot
A summer garden delight.
Our garden, July 2024.
Corringham, Essex UK
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With thanks to Bill Robinson for confirming this is a female Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum). Ordinarily it would be around still water such as a garden pond. We don't have one but I'll assume somebody nearby does, and there's creeks and natural ponds in the wider vicinity.
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Canon EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens. Single shot. Mostly SOOC, just lifted brightness a tad. 10:8 crop.
Not had too many of these visiting our garden this season, so it was good to get this one.
Male Common Darter.
I was having a hard drive tidy the other day and came across this. It's still not as sharp as some of the extraordinary dragonfly flight shots I see some of you posting however neither is it too shaby.
This is at Cors Caron, Tregaron Bog, which is a great site for these, and many other, dragons.
Sunday 2nd June 2019 see's former Go North East Transbus Dart NA52AXF hard at work on the St Ives Park&Ride still sporting it's orange colours from it's days with DA Coaches of Coatbridge. MPD's continue to be a familiar theme here on this busy seasonal service although more recently some have already been replaced by younger E200's.
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Nature shows us such beautiful colors. Red, blue and green all in this darter.
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A male Common Darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) in our Staffordshire garden today. He obligingly landed on a stick that I have stuck into the lawn by our garden wildlife pond. The golden-yellow background is provided by lily leaves that were in full sunlight. Gives a quite pleasant effect I think.
Australasian Darter
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I haven't seen any of these for quite awhile, and was pleased to spot it on the other side of the river.
It on the other hand was not pleased to see me, and immediately took to wing.
Fortunately it flew up river past me.
Had a day off!
Went for a walk by the River Dart ... got a bit wet, but had a go at some long exposures!
This year saw our first dragonflies emerge from the pond, at least 7 or 8 common darters at the last count, and I was able to watch 4 of them as they dried their wings ready for take-off! Sadly not all of them made it further than the pond, two ditching in the water and damaging their wings beyond repair, but today a darter was feeding at the pond and I like to think it is one of this years brood but who knows. They are great fun to watch and quite chilled about the camera, taking off to catch their prey and landing all in a fraction of a second.
The common darter is a small, narrow-bodied dragonfly which is on the wing from the end of June right through to October, or even November in a warm autumn. This is a very common dragonfly, breeding in all sorts of waterbodies from ponds and ditches to rivers and lakes. As their name suggests, common darters dart forward suddenly from a hovering position to catch their insect-prey. They then take their catch to a favoured perch to eat it.
Male common darters are bright red while the females and immature adults are golden-brown. There are several similar-looking red darters which can be very difficult to tell apart.
Ruddy darter dragonfly.
I visited my local heath and woodland recently to try a shoot some Dragonflies.
Today morning the young Australian Darters were fed by their dad. I spent almost half an hour there watching their breakfast in high winds.
Staying with the theme of Dragonflies here's a Common Darter taken in the same meadow as my recent Butterfly shots.
This is an uncropped image and well worth viewing fullscreen!
Two Scarlet Darters from our visit to Silverlake, Dorset yesterday, both males. The red one is almost but not quite fully mature. The other is as fresh as they come, probably emerged the same day - and conclusive proof that they are breeding successfully here.
423) Oriental Darter
Oriental Darter, Indian Darter, Anhinga melanogaster
The Oriental darter is found mainly in freshwater lakes and streams. They usually forage singly, with the entire body submerged, swimming slowly forward using their webbed feet while the head and neck is moved jerkily above the water. It darts its neck to impale fish and then brings them out of water, tossing them into the air before swallowing the fish head first.
The Old World Darters have been split up now into African, Oriental and Australasian Daters. These have always been separate from the American Anhinga. This species is the smallest and most sexually dimorphic with the pale-breasted females really standing out from the almost all-black males
One of many Common Darters perching on the fence near the visitor centre at RSPB Minsmere on our recent visit! (I love the way that darters always look so happy!)
White-faced Darter...Leucorrhinia dubia.
Near Carlisle, Cumbria, England.
Found the Sigma 150-600 much more useful in the boggy habitat than a 100mm macro. (tripod kept sinking though!)
Not such a great Dragonfly image, but I thought the BUTT was a pretty one for BBBT! Hope you like it too! ;0)
Cupids Dart plants belong in the Asteraceae family and they came originally from the Mediterranean regions and were introduced from Southern Europe in 1596, they are cultivated for their cornflower-like blue flowers and they can be dried to make them everlasting for a lovely display of dried flowers in the home. I planted the seeds of this plant last year (the picture is one of the flowers grown last year) and I thought that I had removed all of the plant ready for this years planting but it has surprised me that they are growing again, apparently they have a tap root which I thought I had removed but I must have missed a small amount and they are growing very well again this year. These plants are loved by many insects but particularly bees and butterflies.