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This amazing painting was the first work of one of their younger students.

Sunday August 14, 2016

Little Red Dragonfly

Northridge Park Pond

Bellingham, WA

Canon EOS 60D

with EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

with 4 macro extension tubes...including -

 

Canon EF 25 II Extension Tube

 

Mcoplus Extcm Auto Focus Metal Macro Extension (3) Tube Set (31mm, 21mm and 13mm)

A dragonfly is a type of insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most dragonflies are held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. Even though dragonflies possess 6 legs (like any other insect), they are not capable of walking.

 

Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes, and other small insects like flies, bees, ants, and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands because their larvae, known as "nymphs", are aquatic.

 

Everglades ~ Boynton Beach, Florida.

BooksActually

presents

 

Red Dragonflies

a film discussion with Liao Jiekai

  

d i s c u s s i o n

 

D : Thursday, 12 May 2011

T : 7.30 pm

V : BooksActually

(No. 9 Yong Siak Street, Tiong Bahru. Singapore 168645)

Red dragonfly that visited the swimming pool every day

Dragon Fly at Velasquez Park Makati

As seen at the Moncton Zoo at Magnetic Hill.

Red dragonfly / red-veined darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)

Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia

Red Grasshawk or Common Parasol dragonfly, Neurothemis fluctuans, Libellulidae.

This was the other. I think they were the same color, but the lighting was a little different, as this one was in more sunlight.

variegated meadowhawk dragonfly

As seen at the Moncton Zoo at Magnetic Hill.

As seen at the Moncton Zoo at Magnetic Hill.

Red Dragonfly for Steev.

 

Phuoc Hue Temple, Wetherill Park

Red Dragonfly.

Many of these are available as prints and greeting cards at michelsoucy.artistwebsites.com/

Port Townsend, Washington 2016

Id taken from a similar photo on Flickr, on which Dennis Paulson commented "Rhodopygia hinei, the only species of the genus found in Central America. In R. cardinalis, the front of the thorax is also red." Of course, id is partly a guess, since I didn't get an angle from which to photograph the front of the thorax.

A female Damsel fly rests whilst looking for a place to lay eggs on a pond during the brief summer period in the UK

Full moon through the trees behind the cottage.

After what seems like a life-time, I have finally managed to capture one of the BIG dragonflies that have a eluded me, and a beautiful red one at that!

View On Black

As seen at the Moncton Zoo at Magnetic Hill.

Libèl·lula vermella - Libélula roja - Red dragonfly - Sympetrum sanguineum.

Llacuna de Masrampinyo, Moncada i Reixac, 01/07/2016

I went to check on the mail this afternoon and saw this lovely creature resting on the car antenna.

A dragonfly is a type of insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most dragonflies are held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. Even though dragonflies possess 6 legs (like any other insect), they are not capable of walking.

 

Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes, and other small insects like flies, bees, ants, and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands because their larvae, known as "nymphs", are aquatic.

 

Crocothemis erythraea

Taken at our local Heron pond.

NB Railway Museum in Hillsborough, New Brunswick

Several dragonflies at Evangeline Beach in the late summer of 2004.

Tsukuba Botanical Garden -- will turn red soon

This dragonfly was quite considerate of the fact I was trying to get it's photo while the leaf was moving in the breeze. It sat patiently for about five minutes while I shot happily away.

Taken by 4|kicks. Post processed by me.

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