Dragonfly and Damselfly Pics 2006
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Red-veined Darter,
Albufereta beach, Mallorca October 2006
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Red-veined Darter,
Albufereta, Mallorca October 2006
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Probable Vagrant Darter,
Albufera waterworks, Mallorca October 2006
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Probable 'old' female
Common Darter, villa garden, near Pollensa, Mallorca October 2006
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Small Red Eyed
Damselfly, Shellingford Pit, Oxon 26 August 2006
This morning I read a
feature about Small Red Eyed Damselflies spreading in
England. So this afternoon, I paid more attention than
usual to the Damselflies at my local 'patch'. There were
at least 2 males here - note blue on segments 2 & 8.
These insects were v. small as well.
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Small Red Eyed
Damselfly, Shellingford Pit, Oxon 26 August 2006
See above
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Red Eyed Damselfly,
Shellingford Pit, Oxon 26 August 2006
Compare with the above.
Clearly a different species (no blue on segments 2 and 8).
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Emperor Dragonfly, Oxon 19 August 2006
Amazingly, this one was
settling every so often, and allowing approach to within
the 3.5 m close focus distance of the Canon 400 mm lens.
No apologies for showing
this one large!
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Emperor Dragonfly in
flight, Oxon 15
July 2006
Better than the 1 July
pic!
Click on pic to
enlarge
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Emperor Dragonfly in
flight, Oxon 15
July 2006
Similar to above, but
the tail isn't very sharp. To compensate, the wings are
better placed to show the body.
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Black tailed Skimmer,
Oxon 15 July 2006
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Female Southern Hawker,
Kintbury Newt Ponds, Berks 8 July 2006
This was amazingly
inquisitive and confiding, and even tried ovipositing on
me, briefly! Liked my rucksack better, though,
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Azure Damselfly,
Kintbury Newt Ponds, Berks 8 July 2006
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Ruddy Darter, Kintbury
Newt Ponds, Berks 8
July 2006
Still slightly 'immature'.
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Blue Tailed Damselfly,
Kintbury Newt Ponds, Berks 8 July 2006
The head and body are
still in immature 'plumage'
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Large Skipper, Kintbury
Newt Ponds, Berks 8
July 2006
OK I know this is a
butterfly not a dragonfly, but it is an insect, not a
bird!
My first visit to this
site. Much better for pics than Sole Common Pond (below),
but fewer species around.
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Four Spotted Chaser,
Sole Common Pond, Berks 8 July 2006
My first visit to this
site. A very boggy edged pond made it difficult to get
close enough for pics. A reasonable variety of species,
though, including Emperor and a possible Downy Emerald (but
not seen well). Weather not warm enough for optimum
dragonfly watching.
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Broad Bodied Chaser,
Oxon 1 July 2006
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Broad Bodied Chaser,
Oxon 1 July 2006
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Emperor Dragonfly in
flight, Oxon 1
July 2006
At last a reasonably
sharp flight pic.
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Common Blue Damselfly
in flight, Oxon 18
June 2006
With a DSLR, it seems
that dragonfly flight pics are generally even more
difficult than for birds! But this was slow moving and
relatively straightforward with the EF 400 mm lens (which
doesn't really focus close enough). Note that even with a
shutter speed of 1/2000 sec, the wings are a bit blurred.
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Immature Black-tailed
Skimmer, Oxon 18
June 2006
Thanks to Steve Cover (from
Wilts) for putting me right on the ID of this one.
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