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If you know the what type of dragonfly is in the photo, please add a comment (update: a comment indicates it is not a dragonfly but a Great Spreadwing Archilestes grandis damselfly - I really enjoy getting feedback like this. It appears the most common way to differentiate the two is how the wings are at rest but the Spreadwing is an exception). I had a small preying mantis drop on my head, and then the ground, a month ago in my backyard. But when I got my digital camera I couldn’t find it again. The variety of insects you can see can be amazing, especially if you don’t use poisons and chemicals in your yard.
Photo by John Hunter, creative commons attribution license.
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August 24th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Your lovely insect is actually a damselfly rather than a dragonfly. I’m sure of that. The yellow stripe on the thorax and spread wings suggests the great spreadwing, Archilestes grandis, to me, but it might be only near that.
Hope that helps.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:52 am
the details on the wings are amaizing.
In French your insect is a libellule…