DragonFly in Flight

[sabbath999]

Nice shot.

My only quip: the critter is actually a damselfly, not a dragonfly

 

[poppy67]

I'm green with envy what a superb capture!

 

[PushingTin]

Thanks for all the comments damselfly? never even heard of that before - i will do some more google research, thx for the info

 

[The Empress]

WOW great job on capturing the little fella lol perfect shot

 

[doenoe]

oh, nice one :thumbup:
sabbath: you sure this is a damselfly? Here in Holland the one in the picture would be a dragonfly. Damsels are thinner and have the eyes on the sides of the head and do not touch eachother on top of the head.

 

[92sir]

wow thats an amazing capture excellent job!!

 

[TwoRails]

It's hard to tell but it looks like a dragonfly to me. The easiest way to tell is that damselfly's wings will tuck back when not flying; a dragonfly's wings will stay straight out. To tell when flying is rough as you have to look at the eyes. A damselfly's eyes are separate, like so:

File:Sydney flatwing02.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But a dragonfly's eyes kinda meld with the rest of the head, like so:

File:Tau Emerald inflight edit.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In the shot above, the eyes look like a dragonfly's eyes to me.... but it's hard to tell at that angle.