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Slough Amberwing
Stanley Jones

Slough Amberwing (Perithemis domita)

Slough Amberwing (Perithemis domita: Libelluidae) Photographed this small dragonfly over a small forest swale impounding shallow water in Si Como No Resorts Wildlife Refuge in Quepos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Lowland wet rainforest at about 26 m (85 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
Lowland wet rainforest at about 26 m (85 ft) elevation.
Location
Si Como No Resorts Wildlife Refuge in Quepos, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Date taken
March 2007
Scientific name
Perithemis domita
Equipment used
Canon 30D with a Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens at 300 mm. Shutter speed 1/250 with flash, f/5.6.
Screech
Wow Stanley ...beautiful capture ...super clarity ..excellent light ..great compsition :t:

screech
 
Doc Duck
Great colors and clarity, as if cast in glass. What's the df perching on, I wonder. Is that the exoskeleton of a larger dragonfly?
 

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Invertebrates
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