ryanhodnett, to nature

Hawker (Aeshna sp.) exuvia
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#Dragonfly #Odonata #Exuvia #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Dragonflies #Insect #Insects #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

CStamp, to random
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The first time I saw one of these, I thought it was a hummingbird. They are large dragonflies, and very pretty.

#GreenDarner #Dragonfly #NatureInTheCity

petersketch, to wildlife
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It's December so welcome to the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar featuring a different species each day for 24 days. We start with a Southern Migrant Hawker. A fairly recent arrival in the UK; this one was at #CanveyIsland #Essex in July. They like ditches with very little water, even if they dry out in summer. They're huge compared to most other UK species. #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography

petersketch,
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Day 2 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar and today we have a Keeled Skimmer, a classic species of bogs and wet heaths throughout the UK. This one was at the wonderful #Devon #WildlifeTrust reserve at Bystock Pools in August. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

petersketch,
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Day 3 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar Today's photo is a Common Clubtail. Despite the name they're not at all common. They like large, slow-flowing rivers. This one was by the Thames at Goring in late May. Despite the bright colouring they can be hard to spot when hiding like this. #Oxfordshire #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

petersketch,
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Day 4 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar Time for our first #damselfly and it's the Large Red, which is generally the earliest to emerge each year in April. This one was at the great #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve #Ravensroost Meadows, in early June. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

petersketch,
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Day 5 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Brown Hawker is a very fast-flying species which doesn't settle often so I find it very hard to photograph. Except when a female is laying eggs, as here at the fantastic #RSPB #StrumpshawFen in #Norfolk in July. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

petersketch,
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Day 6 of the 2023 . One of our commonest species, the Blue-tailed Damselfly. This was at in in July, but there are probably some at the pond in your local park.

petersketch,
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Day 7 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Common Darter is a very common species in late summer & autumn. In sheltered places they will last into November if it's sunny; there may even be a few now if you're near the south coast. This one was at #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #LowerMoorFarm in August. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

petersketch,
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Day 8 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. The White-legged Damselfly is a particularly beautiful #damselfly with wide white legs & intricate patterning. It avoids ponds preferring slow-flowing rivers. This one was by the #RiverThames at #Goring #Oxfordshire in June. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

petersketch,
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Day 9 of the 2023 . Common Emerald . This is a newly-emerged male, with bright green colouring, no blue patches yet and the wing spots still very pale. Sadly these aren't as common in the UK as they once were. In the rest of Europe this would be called Common Spreadwing rather than Common Emerald. At Meadows in June.

petersketch,
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Day 10 of the 2023 . It's a Sunday in Advent so I'll post my favourite species, the Banded Demoiselle. The female is bright green, the males have patterned wings and make display flights over the water to impress her. Beside the at in June.

petersketch,
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Day 11 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Four-spotted Chaser is common, bulky and males are fond of fighting over ponds. Which makes them great to watch and a frequent food-source for hobbies. They also mate in flight, during which they're joined into a circle, with the female flying upside down and backwards. It's quite a sight. This male was at #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust #Ravensroost Meadows in June. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates

pomarede, to Life
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Hydrothermal vents, vernal ponds, impact of space bodies

These are three possible scenarios that could have turned prebiotic chemistry on early Earth into true life-forms.

Infographic: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lizbeth B. De La Torre

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1764/life-in-the-lab/

pomarede, to space
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NASA Authorizes Dragonfly Mission to Proceed With Estimated 2028 Launch Readiness Date

https://www.jhuapl.edu/news/news-releases/231128-dragonfly-mission-development

📷 Artist’s impression of Dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn’s moon Titan. NASA has authorized the mission team to proceed on development toward a July 2028 launch date.

© NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

#dragonfly #titan #saturn #moon #dunes #nasa #mission #space #science #research #astronomy #astrodon #solarsystem #universe #jhu #jhuapl #johnshopkins

ArtFromTheHeart, to nature

A beautiful faux stained glass dragonfly flitting in the grasses and cattails of a wetlands pond. These little creatures are also called Mosquito Hawks because they love to feast on those pesky mosquitos. Hope you enjoy this latest creation.

Stained Glass Dragonfly is here: https://hhphotography.pixels.com/featured/stained-glass-dragonfly-hh-photography-of-florida.html

zorbama, to Reptiles

Haven't taken my camera out in a while. It's always nice to get back to it.

#insects #reptiles #macro #photography #dragonfly #grasshopper

Close up of a yellow dragonfly with red and blue eyes standing on a dry stalk
The front body of a bronze-colored lizard, possibly a skink, standing with their body curved
A large brown grasshopper under some fresh leaves

chestas, to Tasmania
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Yellow Striped Dragonfly sat still long enough for me to get a half way decent snap on my phone.

#tasmania #lutruwita #dragonfly #insect #nature #timelinecleanse

revesdespace, to random French

🪐 Une maquette échelle 1/2 du drone volant spatial #DragonFly a volé au Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). DragonFly doit voler dans l’atmosphère dense de la lune Titan de Saturne. Décollage prévu en 2027

video/mp4

darekkay, to fujifilm
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#dragonfly #libelle #fujifilm #photography

revesdespace, to space French

Une maquette à échelle 1/2 du drone #Dragonfly du Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) pour la #NASA a subi 2 campagnes de test dans le tunnel subsonique du site de Langley et 2 dans le tunnel de dynamique transsonique pour valider les modèles informatiques de vol dans l’atmosphère dense de la lune Titan
https://youtu.be/i7kR2PvNURM

Mikal, to random
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A couple more pics from September's biodiversity cataloging expedition. Sierra Alacrán, Sonora, Mexico.

These are all very digitally zoomed and cropped, which explains the pixelation. The second shot, of the damselfly's head is extreeeemly zoomed in. It was shot with a 100mm macro lens, but I was still pretty far away.

I'm doing a quick edit on all these photos from the trip before sending them off to the trip organizer who will get them to the various experts who will identify them before uploading them to the database. They'll become part of the scientific record for this area.

#insects #dragonfly #damselfly #InsectPhotography

Digitally zoomed in close up of a damselfly head and legs, all six of which are grasping the stalk of a blade of grass. The head somewhat resembles the head of a hammerhead shark, with large green eyes bulging horizontally out to each side. The top of the head has many fine hairs and other small features, all in iridescent sparkles of reds, blues and greens. Lower down at the bottom of its face, it has a green mouth partly open. It appears to have a fat green lower lip and a dark nose, sort of like how you might draw a cartoon dog's nose. It is serious nightmare material at this magnification.
An orangish damselfly clinging to a blade of grass. The transparent wings with black veining are folded back along its segmented, cylindrical abdomen. The whole insect is a mix of orange with black stripes or margins.
Two large dragonflies mating while perched on a grass stalk growing out of the water. The male has an iridescent green thorax and head and a blue and black abdomen, while the female is green and brown. In the mating position, the tip of the male's abdomen is inserted behind the female's head, in her "neck". They can fly together this way.

dandelionwine, to random
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Metalics are in this season. #dragonfly

travisfw, to random
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#Dragonfly migration I witnessed yesterday. #entomology
You know if I could get just one decent photo with a regular cell camera (no optical zoom etc), and considering these are insects (difficult to capture), there were obviously orders of magnitude more.

laur_lawr, to ilaughed
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Dragonfly #Dragonfly #color #photo #photography #picture #image https://lawr1.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/dragonfly-6/

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