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15-07-2009, 10:09 PM
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| | | Death by Dragonfly
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15-07-2009, 10:16 PM
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| | | Re: Death by Dragonfly
Great series and well captured Adam.
Thanks for posting these.
Dave |
15-07-2009, 10:18 PM
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Well caught Adam. Nature in the raw, a cracking series. |
16-07-2009, 12:46 AM
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Cracking shots Adam, I've never seen one catching anything that large, must have been hungry 
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16-07-2009, 12:51 AM
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A superb series of shots Adam - I don't think any dragonfly could manage such a large meal on the wing! |
16-07-2009, 02:56 AM
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Wow, an incredible set of photographs there! I hadn't heard of Odonatas eating each other like that before.
Thanks for sharing! |
16-07-2009, 05:27 AM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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I've seen this once before. Steve (Fourwings) will correct me if I'm wrong, I think it was a Four-spotted Chaser that and Emperor had in it's grips, munching away like it'd just opened a favourite sweet, decapitated it and contents being eaten with relish.
Once it had had it's fill, the body was dropped and it was away. Steve picked up the remains and handed to me. It was when the headless body curled in my hands that I yelped! 
A great series of behavioural shots there Adam. Nature doing it's thing. Well done.
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16-07-2009, 08:41 AM
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Great shots, makes you glad Dragonflies don't come any larger! They are both species I've yet to see, they aren't this far north. |
16-07-2009, 02:24 PM
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Thank you for all your kind comments, from a complete novice with a digi-cam.
Cheers,
Adam
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16-07-2009, 02:30 PM
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Amazing Adam, what great images. I've never seen anything like it - female on her back eating - gravity fed as it were. | | | |
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