Female Southern Hawker Dragonfly 8-07-09

Another great photo, Toto, brilliant.

Thanks Gee.

Agree with you Gee.

oh wow brilliant shot

Beautiful......

I love dragonflies and that's a great shot Toto. I'm really enjoying your insect photos, they're grrrrrreat!

This looks a lot like the one in GF's blog of "Watch the birdie".he has that one coming out of it's nymph shell on there..they must both be the female southern hawkers....very interesting and a great shot Toto..

Thanks all. Captured this one during lunchbreak.

Does the male look different?

Only slightly. I only found out by looking it up in my book but apparently the spots on segments 8 & 10 on the male are blue.

Then that's what my old avatar was - good to know it's name at last.

Excellent photo - so clear! :-)

Thanks Wagger and Tastey.

well done. how long have you been taking photos like this?

Thanks Newfie. I started years ago but it was only when I got my first digital camera about five years ago that I could afford to take enough shots to make it worthwhile as I have so many failed shots that film processing would have been too expensive.

great pic toto, lovely, looks a big one to

He is quite a large one Sanbaz. I estimate his body length at about three and a half inches.

wow great toto, when i was in madera i saw one so big i had to duck lol, im not kidding either, was a sight to see

Sounds wonderful Sanbaz. Do me a favour Sanbaz. Please change your avatar as sights like you are no good for my blood pressure.

lmao toto,, im going red now hehehe

Wow..., would you look at all the colors on this little guy. It looks like it's made of beadwork.

He's beautiful isn't he!