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Western Grebes rushing across the water.

The Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is common and widely distributed in the United States.

 

Mature males develop a bluish-white pruinescence on the back of the abdomen and, in western individuals, on the thorax. They display this pruinescence to other males as a threat while defending territories at the edge of the water.

 

Although the species name longipennis means "long wings", the 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.

 

Los Angeles. California.

Wheat field with lone Poppy....taken on a windy day.

 

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A dragonfly at Kirkwood Park in Kirkwood, Missouri

Final lap, final dash

 

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A White Squirrel decides to take his dinner (walnut) up to the safety of a tree. This one has a dirty nose from rooting around on the ground to find this walnut.

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Lincoln Park

Chicago, IL

July 2020

 

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Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

Lincoln Park

Chicago, IL

July 2020

 

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Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, High Island, Chambers County, Texas

Corkscrew Swamp

Florida, USA

November 2018

 

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The City of New Orleans in Riverdale.

Bird Rookery Swamp

Florida, USA

November 2018

 

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I'm behind - it's been a busy week! A bear, 2 storms, landscaping & yard clean-up. I'll be checking by ... hope everyone is good!

 

btw this female Blue dasher was a tiny thing - maybe an inch long

Taken at Felpham Beach

On a yellow flag iris, at NorthStar Park.

 

Davis, Ca. April, 2020.

 

The blue dasher is an insect of the skimmer family. It is very common and widely distributed through North America and into the Bahamas.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.

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Just back from "the Swamp." Nothing, nada, nil, zero, zip. Soooo. one of my last Blue Dashers in 2019. I thought I might need it for a lull, but didn't figure the lull would be as early as the last two weeks in August in northern California. I must say he was a beauty, as fresh as if he had emerged in May or June, this species prime time in this part of the state.

TTI B36-7 5827 was on the rear of a coal train heading to an offloading facility on the Ohio River on a pleasant April afternoon in 2010, when coal was still king.

 

The war on fossil fuels soon took out coal and idled the classic TTI Dash 7 fleet.

Manatee County, Florida

March 26, 2020

A Dash 8-400 being pushed back from the gate at CYHZ

Resting Blue Dasher dragonfly

If I ever wrote a book on photographing dragonflies, I would give each species a rating as to how cooperative they are in terms of photographing them. The blue dasher would receive one of the highest ratings. They like to sit on the same perch totally still and then "dash" out to catch their prey before returning to the same perch. Photographed along the pond in Chad Erickson Park, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

The blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. It is very common and widely distributed through North America and into the Bahamas

Almost the exact opposite color of how it will look as an adult. My dragonfly ID book says blue dashers emerge right at the beginning of June in the Upper Midwest so maybe this was this beauty's very first morning. Photographed in the La Crosse River Marsh.

On a taro bud, in the taro pond at Land Park.

 

Sacramento, Ca. August, 2022.

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C-GUKH, a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-402 Dash 8-400, landing on runway 33 at Downsview Airport in Toronto, Ontario.

 

Serial number 4633 was arriving as DHC4633 (De Havilland Canada) after performing its first flight. It was four hours and 35 minutes long.

 

This aircraft is expected to be the last Dash 8 produced at Downsview, where De Havilland has been operating for 92 years. No date has been set for a resumption of the type's production, nor has it been announced where that might take place.

 

Dash 8 production totaled 1,304 units.

They included 299 -100s, 105 -200s, 267 -300s and 633 -400s.

Eastern bluebirds must be migrating through as there were around 10 or so chasing each other around these dead tree snags.

Bartel Grassland

Built for the Cotton Belt in 1988 as SSW 8049, former Union Pacific B40-8 1848 is perhaps one of the "newest" locomotives preserved in a museum.

 

Donated to the IRM by the UP, the 1848 was doing its thing on the IRM's main line in 2014. Hopefully someday the Dash Eight will once again wear the scarlet and grey instead of what it wears now.

Natomas, Ca. June, 2022.

#CN106 passes through Brockville with another Dash 8 cowl leader sporting its classic zebra stripes. Trailing is IC Blue Devil 2462. Together, they’re working to bring their train to Montreal without any delays.

Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis, reflecting the morning sun at Seabourne Creek Nature Park, Rosenberg TX. Surprised he escaped the attack that broke his wing.

10 Aug 2021; 11:00 CDT, Velvia SOOC

Shaw Nature Reserve, Gray Summit, Missouri

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