Dragonfest

No, no more number nonsense. I can't be too predictable.


Other puns were likewise ignored.


Ok, getting on with it.
As promised, here are a variety of odonata;

Meganura  at Meeth...!

Ahem. ;)

Azure Damsel

Beautiful Demoiselle

Small Red Damselfly

"Oi, mate - you never heard 'Three's a crowd'??"

Large Red Damselfly

Blue-tailed Damselfly

Four-spotted Chaser

Emperor

[plus photobomber]

Emperor in flight

Unleashing the mini-kraken!

Teneral ID Quiz 1

Easier angle

Harder angle

Slightly easier individual

That'd be 

Black-tailed Skimmer, then

Teneral ID Quiz 2

No, wait, it's not a darter sp....

Keeled Skimmer

ID Test 3!

Let's see... Clearly a hawker, but which one? Abdomen black with blue spots, held pretty straight, thorax with extensive green, but thick dark line along 'shoulder', blue eyes.
As I said before, it's really not a good picture, and you might try calling it anything from Common to even Emperor!
It's that Hairy, which went prowling into a little bay and so I attempted to focus at the other side, hit the shutter and just caught it. This is still better than the only Downy Emerald shot I've got from Bystock, which is a dark blur with jade green eyes on one end! [Ouch]


Those of you who remember earlier posting may be wondering about where all the rest are, but these were dragons on a hot day.. Plus I was mostly there for butterflies, and so only had a shot at real poseurs. Plus whatever showed up while I was trying to overcome heatstroke cool down by the nice shady bits at the res.



Right then, more posts should follow, not least of more recent bug hunts, where I went chasing more new ones for the year, and met some more little darlings who wanted to have me for dinner...


Be Seeing You...




[If They don't get you first]