Remember last week I showed you the male ebony jewelwing damselfly?
Well, it's not a super good picture, but I got one of the female Calopteryx maculata.
At least you can clearly see the white spots on her wings. And note the "maculata" in the name? That means spotted, so that makes the scientific name sensible. Her body is plain black.
This is one of the really common damselflies. I wonder if I can get pictures of some of the little nervous ones next! At least with wildlife pictures one never runs out of possibilities.
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Yesterday I was thinking I'm going to give up trying to make nature photos. You do it so well. Just confirms I'm hopeless at it.
ReplyDeleteThose are great shots!!! Love Dragons!
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely little dragons.
ReplyDeleteJohn- You only get to give up when I give up on sketching and making music.
ReplyDeleteJohn Y- Well, these are damselflies, but they are cousins. Did you hike in Oceana Co?
rainfield- I think you'll like today's post!
No hiking Oceana yet, I think this weekend we are visiting family in the Hart area and I would like to try to get out sometime.
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