Damselfly

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:24 pm

It's running up to winter here so not many insects about, so am having to search through my former rejects to see if I can rescue anything in order to post! Sorry far end of body is going slightly soft. That is a normal blade of grass it is resting on for an idea of scale.

Damselfly

DaveW

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:30 pm

What a lovely damselfly Dave.

Great colours.

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:21 pm

Some may find this site useful:-

http://www.libellen.nl/europa/linklst.html

DaveW

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:01 pm

Thanks Dave, I will check it out.

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:49 am

great shot dave

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:13 pm

It's getting really cold in northern Europe, so we have to dig in the archives indeed

You got a fine capture of a male Coenagrion puella here.

Erland

Michigan Michael · Post by **Michigan Michael** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:33 pm

Erland R.N. wrote: a male Coenagrion puella here.

To an old Latin "scholar" like me, this description is a bit of an oxymoron. In Latin, PUELLA means girl.

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:53 pm

Michigan Michael wrote:
Erland R.N. wrote: a male Coenagrion puella here.
To an old Latin "scholar" like me, this description is a bit of an oxymoron. In Latin, PUELLA means girl.

Indeed. I'm not into latin but got a great detailed german book about dragonflies, with description of the names.

Coenagrion:
Coen: probably from Greek "koinos" meaning together, refering to the male and female nearly always seen flying in tandem during egg-laying.
agrion: from greek "agrios" meaning field, probably because the species from the genus are often seen flying away from water in such places.

Erland

arlon · Post by **arlon** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:23 pm

Nice picture Dave Your rejects are better than most of my keepers! There can be more to macro than just bugs. Get creative in the house. You might be surprised what you can come up with on a cold wet day stuck inside! Try for a "macro still life".

Fortunately we don't have to many days like that here in Houston. I can almost always find a good bug even if I have to go digging for them (literally). Ninety degrees F here today and this is supposed to be the cool season.

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:25 am

Does this match what you want Arlon?

Odd Match!

Michael, I think it is Stearn's Botanical Latin that says there are three types of Latin, Classical, Medical and Botanical/Zoological, and the worst thing you can do is to get a practitioner in one to write a description for the other because their paths have diverged somewhat over the years! A bit like UK English and US English!

DaveW

arlon · Post by **arlon** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:53 am

That's what I'm talking about... (-:}

Michigan Michael · Post by **Michigan Michael** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:07 am

DaveW wrote:Stearn's Botanical Latin that says there are three types of Latin, Classical, Medical and Botanical/Zoological, and the worst thing you can do is to get a practitioner in one to write a description for the other because their paths have diverged somewhat over the years!

AMEN!
I would only add that Mr. Stern omitted "medieval Latin".