Dragonfly
Dragonflies are quite possibly my favorite thing about Summer. You druids can keep your solstices and equinoxes (equinoxi?), I say Summer is here when the dragonflies roar by, doing their level best to decimate the flying insect population.
Michael Bailey sends in this photo, and wants to know what kind of dragonfly this is. I am pretty sure it’s a “green dragonfly¹”, but beyond that I am at a loss. I am saving up for a dragonfly/damselfly guidebook, but if and when I buy one it will no doubt be localized to some part of North America, and Michael took this picture in Lawshall, Suffolk, UK.
Any takers on an ID?
Also, and this is gonna bug me all day, how do you pronounce Lawshall? “Laws Hall”? “Law Shall”? Wait, this is England; it’s probably “Lozzle” (which incidentally is the same pronunciation as “Lawshallfordhamcestershire”).
I love the scope of this shot. Great photo, Michael! Thank you!
¹ All of you waiting for a D&D reference to green dragons can just keep waiting.
Slowly getting the site back onto an even keel. It's nice to get back into the old posting rhythm.
JFargo said,
July 1, 2008 @ 9:26 am
I cast Magic Missle!
Alan said,
July 1, 2008 @ 10:38 am
Wow - I *love* the detail in the wings, and the way light reflects off of some of the wing “facets”. Beautiful!
JFargo said,
July 1, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
In other news, that IS an absolutely gorgeous picture, Michael, and I’m envious of your skills! Were you up and close and personal with this critter, or did you get it with a telephoto-style lens?
b13 said,
July 1, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
Beautiful shot. It almost looks real… wait… what? It IS real? OMG!