A White faced Dragonfly

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:11 am

I am not sure if that is the name (will look around for ID) but that is the color of his face. This fella landed on the deck and I was able to get level with him and get one shot off before he flew away.
"This warm sun feels wonderful"......
I think I did find a general ID..Genus Leucorrhinia - Whitefaces http://bugguide.net/node/view/5350/bgimage
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Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:15 am

Nice head-on shot. Your ID may be right, but all Lecorrhinia species are white faced, so it may be another one. The Leucorrhinia name comes from greek where "leukos" means white and "rhinios" means nosy (rhis = nose).

cheers Erland

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:51 am

Thanks Erland, I edited my post a little to back up on the family tree a notch on the ID. All I remember about the specimen is he did not have any specific coloring (just a dull dark color) as far as I could see except the nice clean white face.

Thank you very much for the meaning of the name also...I love science

Sven Bernert · Post by **Sven Bernert** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:40 pm

Wow, IN YOUR FACE!!!

Excellent DF portait, Doug, well done! What gear are you shooting with?

EDIT: Oops, after pressing the send button I've seen in you signatur that you're shooting a S1. Sorry.

Best,
Sven

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:06 pm

Interesting shot, the backlit wings are different.