Some odes
July 22nd, 2010
A few interesting odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) from my vacation. The first two were photographed at Alligator River Wildlife Refuge, a place with a huge diversity of dragonflies.
Needham's Skimmer, wallpaper available
An exclusively coastal species that's easily mistaken for the more widespread Golden-Winged Skimmer. In fact, you may have seen me so mistake it if you read this entry within ten minutes of when I first posted it :-)
Blue Dasher, wallpaper available
Ebony Jewelwing
I saw this one at Pocahontas State Park in Virginia, in the vicinity of Beaver Lake, and was fairly startled--I'd never seen anything like it before. Turns out it's a type of damselfly. Courtesy of Gillian, I now know we have them in Ottawa too!
July 22nd, 2010
A few interesting odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) from my vacation. The first two were photographed at Alligator River Wildlife Refuge, a place with a huge diversity of dragonflies.
Needham's Skimmer, wallpaper available
An exclusively coastal species that's easily mistaken for the more widespread Golden-Winged Skimmer. In fact, you may have seen me so mistake it if you read this entry within ten minutes of when I first posted it :-)
Blue Dasher, wallpaper available
Ebony Jewelwing
I saw this one at Pocahontas State Park in Virginia, in the vicinity of Beaver Lake, and was fairly startled--I'd never seen anything like it before. Turns out it's a type of damselfly. Courtesy of Gillian, I now know we have them in Ottawa too!
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