Teneral Dragonfly??

Going through old images I have not worked on before, I found this series on what I think is a Teneral Dragonfly that must have recently emerged a little before I spotted it. The wings looking very crystalline like and it did not seem able to fly yet. I have seen a quite few when I had my own pond and was always fun to see and photograph. Not sure exactly what kind it is but it stayed where it was for quite a while before I moved on. Images taken with a Canon 400mm f/4 DO lens with extension tubes since it was closer than the minimum focus of the lens. 1/50th sec @ f/8 ISO 400.

Exoskeleton Next to Dragonfly

Category: Blog, Celery Farm, Dragonflies, Favorite Locations, Insects Tagged: canon 400mm f/4 DO, Dragonflies, dragonfly, Teneral Dragonflies, The Celery Farm Natural Area

6 Comments on “Teneral Dragonfly??”

montucky
July 20, 2018

Beautiful photos!

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Reed Andariese
July 20, 2018

Thank You!! You never know what you will find when you are just walking around!

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Eliza Waters
July 21, 2018

Omigosh, such incredible detail!

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- Reed Andariese
  July 22, 2018
  
  Thanks! It is fun to see how much detail you can get!
  
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Kim Smith
July 21, 2018

Beautiful photos. It looks like an Eastern Amberwing.

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- Reed Andariese
  July 22, 2018
  
  Thanks! That was the ID I was leaning towards! But many times a general does not have much color or it changes as it goes on.
  
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