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23-07-2009, 07:03 PM
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| | | Pictures of Emperor Dragonflies
No reason for this thread as for once i'm pretty sure of my ids but i thought i'd share a couple of pictures that i managed to take today and am really chuffed with  
A sticky situation . 
The cobweb was huge and contained several long legged spiders (don't know what type as am a wee bit arachnophobic) and the poor dragonfly had landed underneath it and couldn't really take off without risking entanglement. I couldn't bear the thought of that and so I have to admit that I encouraged him onto a blade of rush and moved him out of the way of the cobweb.
After several frustratuing attempts I finally got an in-focus picture of a female Emperor Dragonfly ovipositing.   |
23-07-2009, 07:08 PM
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| | | Re: Pictures of Emperor Dragonflies
Very nice shots. I would have removed the web myself, after all the spider can spin a new one .
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23-07-2009, 07:19 PM
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| | | Re: Pictures of Emperor Dragonflies
Take your point about the web...but when i said i'm a wee bit arachnophobic what i should've said is i'm seriously arachnophobic and it was all i could do to get close enough to take the picture. |
23-07-2009, 08:37 PM
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| | | Re: Pictures of Emperor Dragonflies
Nicely caught cornish-thyme. Not often you get chance to see an Emperor ovipositing. |
25-07-2009, 03:48 PM
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| | | Re: Pictures of Emperor Dragonflies
Thank you - it's certainly the first time one's been kind enough to do it within range of my not fantastically good camera's zoom lens. | | |
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