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And then I will stop spamming the comm! I am just enjoying having all these cooperative odonates right out my back door.

The spreadwings were still around today, but there were also some darners and a bunch of Striped Meadowhawks (Sympetrum pallipes), handily enough one of the meadowhawk species that can sometimes be confidently identified without capturing them.

Striped Meadowhawk (Sympetrum pallipes)

This shot isn't quite perfect, but I thought it was kind of cool--I wasn't trying to get an action shot, but there it was when I took the photos off my camera:

Striped Meadowhawk (Sympetrum pallipes)

Although they are hard to identify, meadowhawks are one of my favorite groups of odonates--they are so bright and beautiful! These were pretty fierce, too--despite being less than half the size of the darner (and hence possibly a potential meal for the darner), a few of them would chase the darner around, harassing it.

More photos (and a bad shot of that frustrating darner) at my journal.

Date: 2011-09-09 10:12 pm (UTC)
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oh, lovely!!! ♥

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