Three Dragons from August

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:57 pm

I am still working on my August picture folder. I might have enough pictures to post all winter.

JoanYoung · Post by **JoanYoung** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:31 pm

I might have enough pictures to post all winter.

Clever man!!!

These are great Doug.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:09 pm

Well lets see...tomorrow is Christmas Eve, Santa will probably bring me a lump of coal for my stocking. Everyone is getting new cameras and whatnot. I guess I will hold out for the new Dodge Challanger with 425 horses.

Nice dragon flies there Doug, I just live from photo to photo, don't have much saved up.

microcollector · Post by **microcollector** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:18 pm

Very nice photos Doug.

Dragon flies were rather scarce around my place this past summer. Did see a bunch while in British Columbia in September, but none where they could be photographed.

Doug

Tony T · Post by **Tony T** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:37 pm

Excellent shots. 1st 2 are female Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera; not 100% certain of the 3rd but believe it's a female Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina.

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:20 am

Lovely dragonflies.
To me the 3rd look like a female Darter (Sympetrum sp), but the hind wings are very broad, so a Tramea species it may be. I have no books where I can check right now

Erland

Tony T · Post by **Tony T** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:51 am

Erland R.N. wrote:Lovely dragonflies.
To me the 3rd look like a female Darter (Sympetrum sp)..........

Erland

A good call, in that case S. semicinctum

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:08 am

With so many encounters with Sympetrums this year even to me the third one looks very sympetrish.

(Isn't my english funny?)

Nice shots Doug!