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Oh, help! I posted this two hours ago, and all of a sudden it and all the information about Blue Dashers disappeared! To those who left comments, thank you, but I have no idea how these things happen. Perhaps power was lost somewhere in the system due to the heat wave we're experiencing.
Basically, what I said was that it's a very common dragonfly here, but I hadn't seen one in over a month until this (really small at an inch) Blue Dasher was nice enough to perch on a Horsetail Grass for ten minutes. After he flew off, I was back to damselflies whose population is fluctuating wildly this summer.
Now for the Blue Dasher: "The Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is the only species in the genus Pachydiplax. It is very common and widely distributed through North America and into the Bahamas.
Although the species name longipennis means "long wings", their wings are not substantially longer than those of related species. Females do, however, have a short abdomen that makes the wings appear longer in comparison. The blue dasher grows up to 25–43 mm long (1-1.5 in).
The males are easy to recognize with their vibrant blue color, yellow-striped thorax, and metallic green eyes. Females are somewhat less colorful than the male, an example of sexual dimorphism. While they have a matching yellow-striped thorax, their abdomen has a distinct brown and yellow striping that sets them apart from the male, along with contrasting red eyes. Both sexes develop a frosted color with age.
Conrail went on a Quality kick in the mid-1990's and slapped "Conrail Quality" on everything. C40-8W 6149 was delivered in the Quality scheme and was leading train PIBA-7 through Marysville.
Trailing the GE was SD60M 5557 and SD40-2 6487 on that chilly afternoon back in 1994.
Blue Dasher at Springton Manor
This is among the first test images with my new camera and lens
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Dash collected this log with a large leg of meat attached and dragged it to this glade then proceeded to eat it whilst watching for any possible interference
my Austrian Dash 8 Q400 Reg. OE-LGI as flight No OS 906 to Vienna International Airport (VIE/LOWW) departure Innsbruck Airport (LOWI/INN)
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We took another nice hike together today. I like this one because it seems to highlight the differences in personality between Dash and Jasper.
Summer of 2017 - Morgan County, Alabama - Blue Dasher Dragonfly (please correct if i.d. is incorrect).
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Charleston, South Carolina
September 10, 2016
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"Blue dashers are very aggressive predators and will eat hundreds of flying insects a day – which is up to ten percent of their body weight! They will defend their food sites for several days and then move on to another area of the water body. Males are often seen near water edges, creating their territory, whereas the females are seen around the vegetation. The only time the female blue dasher will approach the water is to lay her eggs; which happens in a matter of seconds."
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A dash 9 and an ACe sit at Algonquin on the Princeton Deepwater in Clark's Gap, Wv as the sun goes in and out of the clouds on a cool April afternoon. This power set will eventually pick up a string of empty hopper that were stored here last April and pull them out to take to scrap. This might very well be the last train ever on the line. Word is the track here will be pulled up eventually as this line has been unused since 2015. Quite a few of us were set to chase this train back to Mullens, but it didn't leave out until after 9pm.
A pair of MRL SD40-2XRs work the Helena yard job on a crummy Thursday morning alongside a tied down Jimbo.
CN 439 does a Daylight run on a nice April day back in 2021 with a sweet dash 8 duo, including a COWL on the trail
Before the next two days of cooling, we have today when it's supposed to be in the 90s. I'm trying to get over to the swamp, but I'm also thinking of going to Bullfrog Pond on the mountain, a hike of five hilly miles which I haven't done in five years. In case I don't return (;-) I'd like to leave you with one of my better Blue Dasher finds from yesterday.
I watched him as the Blue Dasher (a Chaser to some of you) was just finishing a survey of his territory, on this flight only 25 yards around the lagoon. Finding nothing, he returned to the one perch I was hoping for. The background is the pond. Yes, it's a greenish brown.
The Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is the only species in the genus Pachydiplax. It is very common and widely distributed through North America and into the Bahamas. It's so common that the ratio at our little pond is at least 50:1 over all other odonata. Although the species name longipennis means "long wings", their wings are not substantially longer than those of related species. Females do, however, have a short abdomen that makes the wings appear longer in comparison. This makes it very difficult since I don't carry a ruler, dragonflies are territorial, and you won't see male and female side by side ... not even while mating.
It is not just this dragonfly, but all odonates that are carnivorous, and are capable of eating hundreds of insects every day, including mosquito and mayfly larvae. The adult dragonfly will eat nearly any flying insect, such as a moth or fly. Nymphs have a diet that includes other aquatic larvae, small fish, and tadpoles.These dragonflies are known to be voracious predators, consuming up to 10% of their body weight each day in food.
If we're not going to save society, at least save the damsels and dragons to hold down the mosquito population.
Blue dasher dragonfly,July 26, 2021.
Blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis), a.k.a. the Swift Long-winged skimmer (they aren’t especially long-winged, though that’s what longipennis means) and the Blue pirate.
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Dragons and damsels exhibit behavior. Surprise! Dragonflies especially have favorite perches in their territories. If you'll note this twig that the Blue Dasher is on and the twig from yesterday's Firecracker, you'd be right in assuming that they're the same twig. I *know* where that twig is, and I stake it out. And that's the first trick of photographing dragons and damsels.
Another trick. After perching, you want to ID them. Well, as much as eyes and abdomen, look at the position of the wings. Dashers will land with wings forward most of the time. Skimmers with the wings out. I'll save the rest for next year...
I haven't been on Flickr for several years...I moved several times, started pharmacy school, sent my two kids off to college clear across the county, and have been super busy. However, this summer, I was free of both school and work and actually picked up my camera again. It was therapeutic! So even though school started back up again for me, I'm hoping to post pictures a few times a week. My husband and I joined the West Chester Photo Club this week and I'm really hoping I can continue using my cameras at least on weekends here and there. This is a Blue Dasher dragonfly that I found at Gilmore Ponds Park in Hamilton, Ohio.
These units ran on Florida trains nearly every day since they started running for CSX, mostly on trains that are predominantly pulled by a pair of Lovelies: Dash 8s. Their service on trains like Q453, Q441 (seen here), and more earned them thhumorous nickname "Dash 8s" under some Florida Railfans.
On a warm summer morning, engineer Kevin Tweed brings train L333 east on the former C&O mainline at Meredith, back to Parsons Yard in Columbus. In 2023, CSX released many units that were previously stored back into service. The C40-8W was one of them, a personal favorite of mine. 7903 shown here is now back in storage after CSX's SD70AC rebuild program eliminated the need for extra power. The L333 job is now abolished, its traffic now handled by other road trains on the Columbus Subdivision.
A dragonfly (which I believe to be a blue dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis) is perching on a shrub branch near a small pond in Cary, NC, USA.
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While trying to locate a bullfrog that was croaking loudly, I ran across quite a few dragonflies most of which were either pondhawks or blue dashers. I am not great at the identification of dragonflies so let me know if I made a mistake.
Mientras que buscaba una rana toro que croaba alto, se me econtraban varios caballitos del diablo la mayoria de los cuales era o rayadoras azules o rayadoras del este. No soy bueno para identificar los caballitos del diablo de modo que si me equivoco, déjamelo saber.
A long westbound autorack train is running through Chana, Il on the single track Chigago-Twin cities line. The long automotive train is pulled by the Ge #4969 and #7841. (6/18/2016)
Lacking variety of species, I've been going for background and perches with skimmers and dashers. To get gray, I've looked for rock rather than water behind the subject (though much of the swamp's water is green). I usually have to go to different parts of the large pond than I would for damselflies, and that was the case here where, after a few years of paying attention, I find that the Blue Dasher loves horsetail grass as a perch. It had been almost 10 days since seeing one, but here he was, spanking new from the looks and color of him.
The blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is the only species in the genus Pachydiplax. It is very common and widely distributed through North America, and certainly loves this part of northern California. Blue dashers live near still, calm bodies of water, such as ponds, marshes, slow-moving waterways, and ditches, in warm areas typically at low elevations. The adults roost in trees at night.
These dragonflies, like others of their infraorder, are carnivorous, and are capable of eating hundreds of insects every day, including mosquito and mayfly larvae. The adult dragonfly will eat nearly any flying insect, such as a moth or fly. Nymphs have a diet that includes other aquatic larvae, small fish, and tadpoles.These dragonflies are known to be voracious predators, consuming up to 10% of their body weight each day in food. I know this is some old information, but as old and interesting as Odonates are, I'm limited in information and my personal memory may be reaching the point where I have to pay Mother Nature for a continued subscription (as seems to be the case with everything else nowadays).