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Dragonfly?

 Uploaded on Jul 20th, 2008
by debbie T

Dragonfly?
Is this still a dragonfly? I found him while we were kayaking in NH. There were bunches of them just chasing each other. I was thrilled when one took a rest so I could snap him!

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flwrgrl

1 month, 2 weeks ago:

Holy cow!!! Very very cool! This looks like a cross between a butterfly and a dragonfly - very strange but oh so cool! : )

thorix

1 month, 2 weeks ago:

In fact it’s a damselfly, the difference to dragonflies being folding it’s wings as shown instead of keeping them sideways in flight position. Alas, I couldn’t yet take one of these so closely. (calopteryx virgo, the “Beautiful Demoiselle”, a european species – what the heck does one in NH?)

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debbie T

1 month, 2 weeks ago:

oh amazing...thanks thorix!

thorix

1 month, 2 weeks ago:

No problemo! Here are my damselflies so far:
Ma Demoiselle — calopteryx splendensHufeisen-Azurjungfer — coenagrion puella
“Banded Demoiselle” and “Azure Damselfly”.
They are not easy to shoot and focus and just when you think you’ve got everything proper done they fly away.

thorix

1 month, 2 weeks ago:

Just to limit the expectations into my entomological expertise: It’s all from Google ;-)

debbie T

1 month, 2 weeks ago:

Google is my best friend!

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