Saturday 21 August 2021

A Dragonfly at Work!

 Our workplace has never been a particularly good place to photograph dragonflies, although you do the occasional brown hawker on the hunt over the wildlands that border campus.

Thus, in a week of relentlessly grey weather, to find one in the tended garden area at work was rather a surprise. A female common darter investigating the planters, and being pretty co-operative - indeed I find this species the easiest to photograph. 

The buddleia is still in flower, and usually when I walk past it, there is a small tortoiseshell having a feed.

Si

All text and images copyright CreamCrackeredNature 21.08.21






6 comments:

  1. Lovely crisp pictures of the Darter, revealing all of its intricate beauty. They really are extraordinary little creatures.

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  2. What an amazing close-up of the dragonfly - when seen like that it's no wonder some people are frightened of them

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  3. Brilliant as usual Si - especially that dragon fly.

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  4. You found the Common Darter (female), well done. Precious Si.

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  5. Lovely! Makes a day at work so much more interesting. :-)

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