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common darter sympetrum striolatum

  1. always focus on the eyes, but which one.

    always focus on the eyes, but which one.

    This common darter allowed me to get quite close
    • cambsnapper
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  2. Looking for a place to land

    Looking for a place to land

    This common darter was looking for a place to land on the conjested footpath marker.
    • cambsnapper
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  3. 'Hanging Out!'

    'Hanging Out!'

    Common Darter on the washing line in the garden
    • Adey Baker
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  4. Common Darter (immature male)

    Common Darter (immature male)

    Birding is on the slow side right now. Watching and and photographing dragonflies is a nice alternative and equally interesting/challenging. Here is a male immature Common Darter.
    • Tord
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  5. The Last Dragonfly

    The Last Dragonfly

    ...from 2009 For Aki who liked the last one I posted with wood in the background. Edit: Thanks to Bellow and IanF for helping to correct the ID. I had a look in the field guide and am now quite convinced it's a Common Darter.
    • Macswede
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  6. Still in the reeds

    Still in the reeds

    Though possibly not the same individual. Edit: Thanks to Tony for the ID
    • Macswede
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  7. Hello there

    Hello there

    Common darters are one of the easiest to photograph and don't seem to mind a lens poked right in front of their face. I got some even closer photos but the breeze was enough to mean that the focus wasn't on the face as I had intended.
    • Leicaman
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  8. Common Darter

    Common Darter

    Tried out my new lens today and was well pleased with the results, thanks Adam!
    • Mahsleb
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  9. With this ring ...

    With this ring ...

    A lucky capture as I was walking along the Thames downstream from Pangbourne.
    • Leicaman
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  10. Common Darter

    Common Darter

    Another picture from Minsmere
    • Leicaman
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  11. Here's looking at you kid

    Here's looking at you kid

    I could even put my Nikon coolpix right in front of the dragonfly without it flying off.
    • Leicaman
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  12. Minsmere Common Darter

    Minsmere Common Darter

    These dragonflies were basking in the Sun and quite easy to capture. One even landed on my left hand.
    • Leicaman
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  13. Common Darter

    Common Darter

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  14. Common Darter Immature Male

    Common Darter Immature Male

    • Adey Baker
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  15. Common Darter Immature Female

    Common Darter Immature Female

    A very recently emerged individual
    • Adey Baker
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  16. Common Darter, Female

    Common Darter, Female

    • Adey Baker
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  17. Late Darter

    Late Darter

    One of at least three very resilient Common Darters still on-site!
    • Adey Baker
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  18. 'I Shot an Arrow in the Air...'

    'I Shot an Arrow in the Air...'

    Female Common Darter in my back garden (the pale area in the background is one of my shirts on the washing-line!)
    • Adey Baker
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Invertebrates
  19. Common Darter

    Common Darter

    • Adey Baker
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    • common darter sympetrum striolatum
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Invertebrates
  20. Mature Female Common Darter

    Mature Female Common Darter

    • Adey Baker
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  21. Immature Male Common Darter

    Immature Male Common Darter

    • Adey Baker
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    • common darter sympetrum striolatum
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  22. Female Common Darter

    Female Common Darter

    I actually touched this with the front of the lens at one point!
    • Adey Baker
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Invertebrates
  23. Common Darter

    Common Darter

    • Adey Baker
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    • Category: Invertebrates
  24. Late Darter

    Late Darter

    A very warm, sunny, late October afternoon so it was not too surprising to see this Common Darter still surviving.
    • Adey Baker
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Invertebrates
  25. Common Darter on a Wire

    Common Darter on a Wire

    Good numbers around today including about twenty, males and females, using this wire fence as a resting place. I was struck by how the background colours matched this mature female.
    • Adey Baker
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    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Invertebrates
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