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Teneral female. I saw this one fly away from it's exuvia and then took a few photos. I have never seen one this young before, so my ID is not 100% confident.
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Teneral female. I saw this one fly away from it's exuvia and then took a few photos. I have never seen one this young before, so my ID is not 100% confident.
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very young male
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very young male
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very young male
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~6 were seen in the park today.
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~6 were seen in the park today.
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~6 were seen in the park today.
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A nice mature black setwing that I photographed shortly before it was captured by a very aggressive Comet Darner! I assume it was eaten, because the Darner flew off and quit patrolling for a while. Also observed, but not photographed were a single Comet Darner, Blue Dashers, Eastern Pondhawks, Eastern Amberwing, Roseate Skimmer, and Black Saddlebags. Possibly a Common Green Darner, as well, but I never got a good look close up.
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A nice mature black setwing that I photographed shortly before it was captured by a very aggressive Comet Darner! I assume it was eaten, because the Darner flew off and quit patrolling for a while. Also observed, but not photographed were a single Comet Darner, Blue Dashers, Eastern Pondhawks, Eastern Amberwing, Roseate Skimmer, and Black Saddlebags. Possibly a Common Green Darner, as well, but I never got a good look close up.
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A nice mature black setwing that I photographed shortly before it was captured by a very aggressive Comet Darner! I assume it was eaten, because the Darner flew off and quit patrolling for a while. Also observed, but not photographed were a single Comet Darner, Blue Dashers, Eastern Pondhawks, Eastern Amberwing, Roseate Skimmer, and Black Saddlebags. Possibly a Common Green Darner, as well, but I never got a good look close up.
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Nice mature male and female, with the female sharing a stem with a Roseate Skimmer.
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Nice mature male and female, with the female sharing a stem with a Roseate Skimmer.
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Nice mature male and female, with the female sharing a stem with a Roseate Skimmer.
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This one seems very familiar to me, but I just can't seem to ID it. I'm sure it will be obvious to me once someone points it out to me. @greglasley ? At first I thought it was a setwing, but it is too big, lacked dark wingtips or bases, and perched wrong and without 'setting' its wings. Maybe a female clubskimmer? But the markings and perching habit seem wrong... A female something...
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