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As close as I could get with my 100 mm macro. He didn't mind though - almost seemed to enjoy being photographed :)
I found that dragon flys are very difficult to photograph on the wing. With their twin set of double wings they can hover almost motionless for a fraction of a second and without warning move rapidly away and be completely out of camera range. This shot had a considerable amount of luck associated with it.
Summer returns to the fields of southern New England. And here's Coccinella septempunctata to enjoy it.