Dragonflies and Damselflies
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Two of my rare pics of a resting downy emerald. It seems to be easier to get them in flight, and that's hard enough because they hover only for a short time.
Couldn't avoid the plants here. When I tried to get closer and to a better angle, it was gone. I like the shadow on the leaf
Couldn't avoid the plants here. When I tried to get closer and to a better angle, it was gone. I like the shadow on the leaf
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Here are female emperors ovipositing and taking care that I'll get something to do in future
Looking at the wings, you can see those are two different individuals.
Looking at the wings, you can see those are two different individuals.
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I proudly present species #25 at my local ponds:
A scarlet dragonfly (crocothemis erythraea), confirmed by an odonatologist.
@ISv: He didn't have the time to look at yours. But we discussed a scarlet skimmer (crocothemis servilia) it in your case.
And I looked up the genus crocothemis again and found pictures of a subspecies, crocothemis servilia mariannae.
Could that be "your" species?
But now here is "my #25":
Edit: Exposure data:
5D4, 100-400L II+ext., @560mm, 1/250, f/16, ISO2000
A scarlet dragonfly (crocothemis erythraea), confirmed by an odonatologist.
@ISv: He didn't have the time to look at yours. But we discussed a scarlet skimmer (crocothemis servilia) it in your case.
And I looked up the genus crocothemis again and found pictures of a subspecies, crocothemis servilia mariannae.
Could that be "your" species?
But now here is "my #25":
Edit: Exposure data:
5D4, 100-400L II+ext., @560mm, 1/250, f/16, ISO2000
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Thanks, Click!
TBH, I took this in the late afternoon and cloudy to overcast sky.
1/250, and ISO 2000 made it look a bit pale. So this time I added +0.5 saturation in DPP
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It's a male Beautiful Demoiselle. The Banded Demoiselle has well-defined bands on the wings, as on these taken on my R7 + RF100-400mm recently. The bottom one is backlit, which shows up the bands as very dark.
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My antivirus program blocked the first 3 links you sent me -I didn't try the rest! I have no idea what an antivirus you are using but be careful!!!When I look at the pictures instantly several dragonflies come to my mind. But those are more common in Europe and Asia.
Maybe they found the same way as the scarlet skimmer did. So without focussing on Hawaii here some guesses, just shots in the dark:
The red one that I can see with those huge dorsal spots at the hind wing could be a red saddlebags (tramea onusta).
Found the pages Arizona Dragonflies just now. Seems to be a cool source with good descriptions and identification tips.
The pink/lilac one could be a roseate skimmer (orthemis ferruginea).
And putting the circle wider, both, your original red dragon pic and the pink/lilac one, could be from the genus trithemis
(more common in Europe, Asia, Africa).
So for original red dragon pic I'd take trithemis kirbyi or trithemis pluvialis.
But more guesses would make me look like a fool.
The orange/brown one has no recognizable cerci, so it looks like a female. But no idea here.
What do you think of this? Not bad or just foolish
Sorry for the late warning but I went there for first time today (busy). Concerning the Tramea onusta you may be right. I need some additional shots - especially some revealing the pattern from above...
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Thanks for the warning, @ISv!
I keep my AV and browser up to date in daily schedule and most links were from wikipedia.de/.com.
So blocking them seems to point towards a too nervous AV at your site.
Others were from http://azdragonfly.org/ (being a non-https page), so that could be a cause, too.
Most important for you was that info (added Hyperlinks in clear text):
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Some red-eyed damselflies (erythromma najas) trying to reproduce but are heavily disturbed by an azure damselfly.
The female was rescued, no worries.
The female was rescued, no worries.
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