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centuryplant ([personal profile] centuryplant) wrote2011-06-04 09:12 pm

Four-Spotted Skimmer

This is one of the first skimmers to emerge in late May, at about the same time as the much smaller Dot-Tailed Whiteface. The gold color is brightest when they're absolutely fresh, and fades to a yellowish gray with age.

A Four-Spotted Skimmer dragonfly at Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, in Savage, Minnesota.

A Four-Spotted Skimmer dragonfly at the Iron Bridge Landing on the Mississippi River, near Bemidji, Minnesota.

This photo is ten years old, and I can't remember now what led me to try to pick the dragonfly up. I do remember struggling to manage the camera with one hand, which I guess is my excuse for not quite getting the whole bug in the frame here.

A Four-Spotted Skimmer dragonfly on the edge of a "Curve Ahead" sign at Itasca State Park.

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[personal profile] kore 2011-06-05 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
...WOW.


(oh, Under Northern Lights? Isn't that fab!)
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[personal profile] kore 2011-06-05 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Such a great flick. I play the soundtrack ALL THE TIME, even tho snobsters I know are all "oh the England show was better" blahblah.
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[personal profile] graydon 2011-06-05 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Second the WOW.