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02-05-2011, 05:29 PM
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| | | Expensive dragonfly perch!
This Hairy Dragonfly took a bit of a dip when a male tried to grab it. It managed to climb out of the water, up some reed stems then tried to fly but only managed to crash onto my camera lens.  
I then placed the poor thing onto some reeds in the sun to dry off, and a half hour later it was looking a lot brighter and had moved up the stem a little. I just couldn't stay any longer to see if it would fly.  
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02-05-2011, 05:38 PM
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What a beauty! 
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02-05-2011, 05:40 PM
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09-05-2011, 09:49 PM
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Excellent stuff! |
10-05-2011, 10:28 AM
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Heh how did you get the picture? Does your camera lens bend all the way around??
Nice shots anyhow, I've hardly seen any dragonflies yet let alone photograph any!
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10-05-2011, 11:54 AM
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Great pics!
Just as an aside, what do dragonflies eat, or do they not? Are they like stag beetles (watched Animal guide to britain last week! ) & their larvae do all the eating & they adults are just for breeding?
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10-05-2011, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Cowgirl  Just as an aside, what do dragonflies eat, or do they not? Are they like stag beetles (watched Animal guide to britain last week! ) & their larvae do all the eating & they adults are just for breeding? | Adult dragonflies (and damselflies) do eat, and they are not overly fussy about what they eat. They will eat any flying insects, up to and including insects which are about the same size as they are. Damselflies will also often 'pluck' insects off of vegetation, hovering in front of the plant that the insect is on before darting forward, snatching it in their jaws and then flying backwards. |
10-05-2011, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by RoyW Adult dragonflies (and damselflies) do eat, and they are not overly fussy about what they eat. They will eat any flying insects, up to and including insects which are about the same size as they are. Damselflies will also often 'pluck' insects off of vegetation, hovering in front of the plant that the insect is on before darting forward, snatching it in their jaws and then flying backwards. | As Roy says and Dragonflies will eat Damsels too. |
10-05-2011, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by david156 As Roy says and Dragonflies will eat Damsels too. | And dragonflies will also eat other dragonflies too! |
11-05-2011, 01:11 PM
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Thank-you peeples
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