Libellula lydia
common names: Common Whitetail, Long-Tailed Skimmer
common across much of North America
Dragonflies and damselflies belong to the order Odonata. Studying them is called "oding."
Check out this blog--July 9. 2009 for more dragonfly photos.
Animalia, Arthropoda, Hexapoda, Insecta, Odonata, Anisoptera, Libellulidae, Libellula, L. lydia
photo by me © 2009
what happen to the dragonfly?
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool picture!
ReplyDeleteSuch incredible creatures!
ReplyDeletePoor thing. But a really great picture!
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That is gorgeous...and a bit scary looking all at the same time.
ReplyDeleteFantastic.
ReplyDeletethat is one fascinating dragonfly! the transparent part of its wings almost rendered it part of the backdrop...
ReplyDeleteeng
they are so weird and delicate! Were they once dragons? Hummm {:-D
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dragon!
ReplyDeleteSo you now into oding?.
Beautiful dragonfly shot! Was just looking to see if you posted The Brenda Photo Challenge photos...guess you got busy! Have a great weekend!hughugs
ReplyDeleteVery cool dragonfly, I'm not sure how I missed this post. He is a pretty one. And I learned something, I did not know the study of them was oding.
ReplyDeleteJudy
I adore these landscapes. Just thrilling. You are lucky to be in front of such beauty.
ReplyDeletei use to catch dragonflies when I was young...now i just love taking pix of them...
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful creature, i have never seen a dragonfly like it before!*ruthie*
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