Heart-Shaped Love - _TNY_6348 (In Explore 8/12 2018)

Love between dragonflies is a bit different than most others, but perhaps we can call this stage of the mating ritual of this pair of yellow-winged darters (Sympetrum flaveolum) "making out"?

 

For a shot taken just a little later when this pair was flying around, still coupled in tandem linkage, press here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/43209313064/

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