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Dragonflies & Damselflies Page 10
Image Taken on 28 May 2012
at 12:53 Image of day on 27 Jun 2012
A Hairy Dragonfly (species name) having a very successful hunt
over a sun warmed hedge line
This was our first ever identification of this species here.
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Image Taken on 16 May 2015
at 09:01 Image of day on 12 Jul 2015
The Hairy Dragonfly moved around in the hedge, and provide this more
conventional view of the top of the insect. The body length is about 7cm.
Dragonflies are big impressive insects but completely harmless to humans.
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Image Taken on 18 May 2009
at 14:07 Image of day on 07 Jun 2009
This is a Hairy Dragonfly' - one of the earliest dragonflies of
the season. This was brought to us for some technical
photographs, after which we took this portrait. You can see the
hairiness along the top and bottom of the body in the first image
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Ref: 20090607_dc1_20090518_1407_160 ft1 hairy dragonfly female hanging in blackthorn (side view) (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 18 May 2009
at 15:06 Image of day on 07 Jun 2009
It was reluctant to fly indoors but we did manage this single
image of it in flight.
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Image Taken on 16 May 2015
at 09:00 Image of day on 12 Jul 2015
Our first Odanata of the season was this Hairy Dragonfly (the proper common name)
distinguishable by the 'fur' on the body clearly visible on this detail crop.
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Image Taken on 23 May 2009
at 16:38 Image of day on 07 Jun 2009
About a week later we had the opportunity to photograph a male
and can't resist this close-up of the thorax where you can see the hairs
in detail
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Image of day on 18 Sep 2007
The flying jewellery are delighting us with acrobat displays
of glorious colour. Here one hovered for a second or two
providing a chance for a set of images in flight. The wingbeats
are far faster than the camera can manage, so don't try to
interpret the wing positions.
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Image Taken on 18 Sep 2014
at 12:45 Image of day on 27 Nov 2014
We photographed this Hobby flying by, but it was only later when
the images were on our PC that we saw to our astonishment that
this hunting bird caught an insect in front of us.
Read the montage left to right in 3 descending rows:-
Image 1: The insect is about 3 bird lengths to the right of the bird.
Image 2: The gap is down to 1 body length and the talons are swinging forward.
Image 3: The catch!
Image 7: Transfer to the beak.
Image 12: All done and the talons start their way back to 'retracted'.
The whole sequence lasts just over 2 seconds.
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Image Taken on 18 Sep 2014
at 12:45 Image of day on 27 Nov 2014
Here are images 3 and 7 in more detail.
Don't get confused by the numbering - the 12 image montage starts
at Frame 3 (Image 1) of the 14 image sequence we have on file.
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Image Taken on 04 Jun 2011
at 14:35 Image of day on 18 Jul 2011
Half an hour later this Hobby made a rather high flyover. At the time
we could not see the dragonfly clutched in it's talons.
The abdomen (tail) is sticking out below the tail and the
dragonfly's wing outline can be made out below that.
We were out looking for dragonflies & didn't spot one all day!
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Image Taken on 10 Jun 2012
at 12:33 Image of day on 18 Jul 2012
A pair of Large Red Damselflies taking a rest from laying. The
male is on the left clasping the female with the special claspers
on his tail tip that only lock onto the correct species female.
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Image Taken on 25 Jun 2013
at 14:59 Image of day on 08 Aug 2013
This is a pair of Large Red Damselflies, coupled for
mating, alternately warmed themselves in the sun and then
went off to lay some more eggs beneath the water
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Image Taken on 25 Jun 2013
at 14:59 Image of day on 08 Aug 2013
This is a pair of Large Red Damselflies, coupled for
mating, alternately warmed themselves in the sun and then
went off to lay some more eggs beneath the water
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Ref: 20130808_df1_20130625_1459_279 large red damselflies egg laying (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 28 May 2012
at 13:15 Image of day on 28 Jun 2012
A pair of Large Red Damselflies 'in tandem' laying eggs in the duck-shaped pond.
The male is at the top.
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Image Taken on 21 May 2014
at 12:17 Image of day on 25 Jul 2014
The warmest pond had a scattering of Large Red Damselflies
('Large' being a relative term!) laying eggs in the pond weed.
The female is on the leaf. The segments of the abdomen
hinge without any ill-effects.
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Image Taken on 29 May 2012
at 17:32 Image of day on 28 Jun 2012
More detail of the intricately coloured thorax.
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Image Taken on 30 May 2012
at 12:28 Image of day on 28 Jun 2012
The Large Red Damselfly is only large compared to the 'small ...'
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Image Taken on 17 May 2014
at 10:16 Image of day on 17 Jul 2014
This was our first sighting this year of a female Large Red Damselfly
just a few minutes after seeing a male. We hope they found each other!
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Image Taken on 16 May 2009
at 14:16 Image of day on 09 Jun 2009
The Dragonflies and damselflies just starting to be seen.
The Large Red Damselfly (size being a relative measure) was found
in the long grass and photographic in flight.
The underside is NOT red - most dragonflies are different underneath.
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Ref: 20090609_dc1_20090516_1416_024 ft1 large red damselfly female in flight (head on & bottom view) (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Jun 2013
at 12:38 Image of day on 17 Jul 2013
This first sighting of the year of a female Large Red Damselfly
found her in this curved position. It always amazed us now much
the joints on the abdomen can bend while the whole body looks so
rigid when straight.
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Ref: 20130717_df1_20130603_1238_029 large red damselfly female on tree leaf in looped position (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
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