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Amtrak 160 leads the Beech Grove segment of Amtrak’s Cardinal at Lafayette Junction, wearing the heritage “Dash 8 Phase III” scheme in the “Pepsi Can” livery that many Dash 8s on the Amtrak roster wore upon delivery. With a lot of actual Dash 8s being on this train in the area over the last year, this is the closest we will get to getting this scheme back, not on a real dash 8 unfortunately (4/2/25).
The blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) is an insect of the skimmer family. It is the only species in the genus Pachydiplax.
What makes this Blue Dasher unusual is that he has so much color this late in the years. Even the yellow patch stands out. Ten minutes after I took this, I got a shot of a Blue Dasher that looked a little worse for wear and not half as vibrant.
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The 367-80 was a prototype aircraft developed to prove Boeing's ability to produce a jet airliner and aerial refueling tanker. It's one of my favorite aircraft at the Udvar-Hazy center.
The model is at ~1/64 scale, similar to last year's B-52 and RC-2 airliner. It took about a month and a half to build, and it's my second largest aircraft at 3,355 parts.
The crew of IC 6252 and clan pull up the Dock 6 approach to do an class three air test and hang the marker before heading back to Proctor MN.
One Blue Dash dragonfly looks at me with interest. Probably believes that the huge eye looking at her (my lens) is one of a frightening animal.
A world in itself, the dragonfly is a phenomenal creature, that withstand all crazy changes in world history as its age, as species is estimated by specialists to be over 300 million years. If you examine from close range the mechanics they heve on their back to move the wings, are just incredibly perfect. They are eating a huge number of mosquitos and their babies every day. They are very helpful insects.
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.
Female Blue Dasher
So far there seems to have been surprisingly few dragonflies around the local ponds
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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.
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
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Summer of 2017 - Morgan County, Alabama - Blue Dasher Dragonfly (please correct if i.d. is incorrect).
Conrail C32-8 6616 had train SPL-201, an export tractor train bound for Europe via the Port of Baltimore, tied down at Cove on a spring afternoon in 1994 in the shadow of the Pennsylvania Railroad-era signal bridge.
Back in the day before paranoia and knee-jerk reactions, it was possible to take a photo that nowadays would be unheard of. The police would have been all over me for being in the gauge taking photos in the post-9/11 world.
Perhaps I should have not been there, but it is what it is. I certainly have no reason to take photos here anymore since Conrail is long gone as is the variety.
The 6616 was a member of a ten-unit test fleet from GE that helped pave the way for GE to dominate the market.
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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"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."
from .friendsofcortes.org/species-at-risk/blue-dasher-dragonfly/
A pair of SD40-2s, one home-grown and the other leased, lead an S327 across the Thornapple River on a nice summer day.
On my exploration yesterday I went further along the hills of northeast Tacoma than I've so far gone, and came upon Dash Point and this beach and dock and pier which is closed down with danger signs all over the place!. The sky was overcast and somewhat ominoous and there was not very much color anywhere so I thought it would look better in black and white.
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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.
Good morning everyone and Happy Dragonfly Thursday. As the title indicates featured today is a collection of first of the year (FOTY) photos of Blue Dashers (Pachydiplax longipennis). More specifically of immatures...both females and males.
Easy way to identify an immature Blue Dasher is by the brown eyes as seen above. In the case of the female, the eyes as an adult will turn green, but still have some hints of brown coloring. Otherwise the body markings will remain the same except for normal fading with age and typical wear & tear.
As for the male, the eyes will turn a blue-green as an adult and the dark abdomen with eventually turn a powdery light-blue.
Kind of a long series so don't forget to click on "view previous comments" if you don't see the additional photos in the comment section. Even better, scroll to them by clicking on the arrow thingy to the right of the above pic. And if you want to view any picture in the comment section large all you have to do is click on it where you'll also find the full text describing this species of dragonfly.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you're having a truly great week.
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A pair of MRL SD40-2XRs work the Helena yard job on a crummy Thursday morning alongside a tied down Jimbo.
Should we lose power again, we could be out for three or four days. So, here's tomorrow's upload today. It was the Blue Dasher that led Art Deco smiths to name dragonflies "Flying Jewels." Sapphire, emerald, ruby, and diamond-encrusted platinum and gold became the broaches, bracelets, necklaces, rings, and stick pins of the millionaires in the Twenties. When I was eight, I took my allowance to downtown (remember when you could walk a mile from home and no one thought you'd be kidnapped - because they knew you), and bought my mother a birthday present, an "emerald" dragonfly on a bracelet! My mother was delighted and I was none the wise when I never saw her wear it. It was fifty cents worth of gaudy bad taste.
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...
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.
With those flashy turquoise eyes, a thornbush dasher is very dashing. This one was in my yard in Portland, Texas during October 2017 and posed for a few shots.
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