photoartflightFemale Seaside Dragonlet
A couple of images from a trip to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland. Some of the dragonflies already seem to showing a lot of wear already. Missing wing parts and just looking a little worn. It is amazing that some with almost no wing on one side can still somewhat fly. This is a Female Seaside Dragonlet and has a bent and damaged Segmented Abdomen.It amazes me the males and female dragonflies are so different in coloring & markings. Which also makes it difficult to ID sometimes. Then throw in immatures and it get more confusing! All images taken with a Canon 300mm lens with a 1/4X teleconverter on a Canon 7D.
Seaside Dragonlet – Male
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Strange twist on it´s back body, maybee escaped from a bird attack. I could use your steady hands with 520 mm!
Yes, plus the hind wings look a little beat up also!
Still a beauty! They certainly are resilient insects.
Yes! They keep on flying even with more damage to their wings!
Nice shots, Reed!
Thanks Donna! They are fun to photograph!