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Darting Dragonflies #6.
Hello everyone and welcome back to Darting Dragonflies! These amazing acrobats of the insect world that are found in so many different colors, shapes and sizes. Plus they are very beneficial to have around, especially if you want to sit outside in the evening and there are a lot of flies or mosquitoes around, then these dragonflies are a welcome visitor to have show up. Many times they will arrive in groups of 3 or 4 or even a dozen or more. I have sat outside in the evening and looked up to watch literally dozens of these dragonflies going back and forth in every possible direction looking for something to eat. And they can change direction in a fraction of a second any time they want. It is really quite something to watch them and knowing that because of them I can sit comfortably on my deck without having to worry about any pests around.
Here we have the white faced meadowhawk, a very common little dragonfly around here. I showed this one before but was unnamed at the time. These are around all summer from June to October. They get to be about 1 1/2 inches (39mm) in length. They like to live around ponds, marshes, lakes, streams or just about any wet area. The above pic is the male and the female is below.
And then we have a relative of these two, the autumn meadowhawk with a picture of the female below.
This meadowhawk likes basically the same habitat as the other but also enjoys being in a more wooded habitat as well. It is active later into fall than other meadowhawks. Oddly I never did see any males around, but saw numerous females.
Well, that is all for our look at dragonflies this week, I hope you enjoyed another view of these fascinating insects and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
We had our first dragonfly visitor to our garden this morning. He was very nosy checking out every new plant in the garden. 🙂
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Hey, that’s cool! It will be a while yet before they start to visit us, but I’m looking forward to it! Have a wonderful day Chrissy!😁😸🐉✈
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Fascinating from afar 😉
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Thanks for taking a look Ribana!😁😸🐉✈
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nice macro shots. mashallah
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Thank you very much Atul!
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I think it’s super neat how dragonflies have such a wide color range.
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Yes, they come in just about every color! And often many colors on the same individual!😁😸🐉✈
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Oops Am I the only one first read it as Dating Dragonfly 🙄😜😜. beautiful pictures of them ✨😍 Nature’s one of the beauty to sit and watch 😉
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hehehe! Good one Simon!😂😹
Thanks so much!😁😸🐉✈
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Oh, so lovely ! Maybe the male is eaten by its mate like the black widow spider !…lol…or maybe they are resting and taking in the view…take care Steve and Muffin ! ☕️☕️🙄☕️☕️😺🙂
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Good morning Sharon!😀😺 I’m sure the males were around,🤔 they look very similar to the male white faced meadowhawk and since I didn’t know what to look for I probably missed seeing some. This year I can check more closely.😁📷 Have a nice day!😃😺🌧☕☕
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I loved the dragon flies steve! I am actually not going outside these days so i can’t see the nature sooo! I do miss that! COOL pics!!!!
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Yes, staying inside we do miss the nature around us, but hopefully it won’t be for very long. Have a great day Eshal!😁😸🐉✈
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YEAH hopefully! You too steve!
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Thanks!😃😺
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Any time!
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No problem steve!
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They are just majestic!!
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Yes, they are wonderful insects!
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Beautiful
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Thanks!
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Dragonflies are wonderful and amazing insects for sure!
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Amazing detail!
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Thanks Sheree! Hope you are having a wonderful day!
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The sun is shining, all is well in my world.
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Sounds great!
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I haven’t seen many dragonflies yet! We usually see a few flying around outside our balcony. We have a lot of bees.🐝 🐝☕️☕️☕️☕️🌻 🌞
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We don’t usually see any dragonflies until May, unless April gets to be a very warm month which doesn’t happen often!😂😹☕☕
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Great shots, Steve, it is an art by itself to photograph a dragonfly.
They are very mobile creatures .. Thank you for sharing 🙂
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Yes, they are very mobile, some species are very hard to get pics of, they just don’t like to land anywhere!
Thanks so much Francina, have a great day!😁😸
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