In light of Birdlovers post, and since they are out everywhere at the moment. I thought it would be good to get a thread going with your pics of Dragonflies & Damelflies. I'll kick it off with some photos from the other day. Not sure of the name yet as I haven't looked it up. Look forward to seeing you photos.
This is great! It's all rather new to me. I had no idea there were so many dragon/damsel fly species. I can only recall one from where I live although I bet if I look more closely I'll see more. Observe & learn!
Good idea for a thread Devster, as they are out and about at the moment and the birds love to eat them :)
Here is a link to a site you can use for ID but they only have 129 species listed and are missing 193 though.
http://rnr.id.au/cgi-bin/species/odonata
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Thats awesome, thanks shorty. From the link I worked out that my dragonfly is a Common Glider (Trapezostigma loewii)
Nice photos of the Common Glider, Devster!
M.M.
Thanks BirdLover, it was taken with my 150-600mm tamron. The second one is my fav. Cmon guys I would love to see some of your pics.
I note that dragonfly larvae, known as mud eyes, I believe, are used as fish bait. With increasing numbers of humans & increasing numbers of those humans fishing, can we expect dragonflies to be headed towards extinction?
Quick answer Woko, No.
Very few people use them as they are a difficult bait to use. The keen fishermen will use an artificial fly that resembles the mudeye and the lazy ones use "Powerbait" as it is effective and easy to use.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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A couple of shots from me.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawshorty/
Nice shots guys. Could someone help me out by pointing out what the difference between Dragonflies and Damsels flies are? I'm sure a quick google search will tell, but don't have time right now (although I have time to view posts :P)
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Maybe thats a question for another thread Woko as I am keen to see some pictures in this one. However to answer your question. I don't think it poses a threat as there are so many artifical lures out that replicate different live baits like larvae. I personally have lures that look like frogs, cicadas, yabbies, prawns and sand worms. I think the average fisherman would be too lazy to hunt for larvae, its much easier to buy the replicas.
Fantastic shots Shorty!! Birdy. If you have a look at my dragonfly and Shorty's Damselfly you will see the main defferences. Damselflies have a much thinner body, usually place their wings along their body instead of out to the side and generally have their eyes apart. Hope this helps
Thanks Devster. I'll have to try and find my photo/s, but I've still got so many to sort through!! Or maybe I'll try to get a photo when I next see one :)
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
Thanks, Shorty & Devster. That's a relief. Thank goodness for lazy fishers.