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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 14, 2022 4:48:49 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 14, 2022 7:20:58 GMT
Great Snake Doctor shots.
I don't think any of the ones you have posted, Dragonflies and Damselflies, are in my area.
I have a large assortment to choose from, but my assortment is different from your's.
I have noticed, when it is uncomfortably hot and heinously humid, and my eyelids are standing full of stinging sweat and my glasses are so foggy that I can't see through the viewfinder, those are the days when the Dragonflies are out in hoards (I just described most of May, June, July, August, September, and the first couple weeks of October).
The last few days, it has been unseasonably cool, with the high only 84°, the humidity down to an almost bearable 91%, and a strong Western breeze blowing, and I have not been seeing near so many Dragonflies.
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Post by jackscrap on Aug 14, 2022 9:01:27 GMT
Such wonderful details in your dragonfly photos, don’t they have amazing colours!
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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 14, 2022 15:00:09 GMT
when it is uncomfortably hot and heinously humid, and my eyelids are standing full of stinging sweat and my glasses are so foggy that I can't see through the viewfinder, those are the days when the Dragonflies are out in hoards (I just described most of May, June, July, August, September, and the first couple weeks of October). Yes, the heat of August is dragonfly season. In a couple of weeks or so, after mating, their wings will start to get tattered and they eventually die or get eaten. High humidity is horrible! You humidity would melt me. Yesterday at 3 PM it was 34°C (93F) and the RH was 19%. Livable. Such wonderful details in your dragonfly photos, don’t they have amazing colours! Thanks Jacki. When the sun hits them just "so" the colours are amazing. The bug people get top marks for naming dragonflies: River Jewelwing, Pale Snaketail, Black Meadowhawk, Boreal Whiteface, Cherry-Faced Meadowhawk, Red-veined Meadowhawk, Four-spotted Skimmer, White-faced Meadowhawk, Lance-tipped Darner, Paddle-tailed Darner, Emerald Spreadwing, Lyre-tipped Spreadwing. I don't know what most of these are. A dedicated entomologist has an "Insects of Alberta" website with good photos and it is handy. But bug ID is tricky. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Aug 14, 2022 20:00:23 GMT
You got that right.
Besides identifying the male, the female is usually completely different.
Juveniles will often first look more like the females and then later look more like whichever sex they are.
It's enough to make a man go over the hill talking to hisself.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Aug 14, 2022 21:37:11 GMT
It's enough to make a man go over the hill talking to hisself. And then there are birds ... arghhh.  |
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Post by pete61 on Aug 15, 2022 2:20:32 GMT
Superb dragonfly shots - wonderful clarity and colours.
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Post by cats4jan on Aug 15, 2022 18:07:13 GMT
You have captured some amazing photos - love the ones in flight.
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