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Tag Archives: Anisoptera
07.14.2022 Pondhawk!
I shot this image back on July 3rd at Gauco Pond. It was a good day and I found several nice odonata. Eastern Pondhawk-Erythemis simplicicollis – Dragonflies are fantastic fliers and among the most successful predators in the world. One reason … Continue reading
07.09.2022 Clear wings
The way the light is hitting the wings, they look like a collection of tiny windows. There is a bit of iridescent color and some sky reflection, but we can see right through them. Autumn Meadowhawk-Sympetrum vicinum-female There were quite … Continue reading
08.05.2021 Dragonfly Conundrum
This could be one of two dragonfly species. They are indistinguishable in a photograph or even in hand, which I do not do. I have decided that it is a Cherry-faced Meadowhawk-Sympetrum internum but cannot be positive. The other possibility … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Anisoptera, Cherry-faced Meadowhawk, dragonfly, insect, Lawrence Swamp, Libellulidae, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, odonata, Skimmer Dragonfly, Sympetrum internum, western massachusetts
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07.01.2021 Yipes, that was fast!
I am always amazed at the acceleration, so it seems anyway, of time. June passed so quickly. We just ended our second heat wave of 2021 (not nearly as awful and deadly as that which the Northwest recently experienced) and … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Insect Behavior, Insects, Lepidoptera, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts
Tagged Amherst, Anisoptera, Common Whitetail, dragonfly, Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix, lepidoptera, Massachusetts, New England, Plathemis lydia, western massachusetts
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06.27.2020 The eyes have it…and then some
Can you imagine being this guy’s optometrist? Northern Pygmy Clubtail-Lanthus parvulus
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