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Common Bluetail

Ischnura heterostica

Photo by debart12
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Field Notes

Description:

Common bluetail -damselfly.
Australasian
Egg laying phase of mating...zoom in on full screen to see the egg deposits.

Habitat:

Our front yard, freshwater pond, although the Common Bluetail is saltwater tolerant

Notes:

Two mating damselflies, now in the egg laying phase. If you zoom in on the full screen you will see the egg deposits.

Reference Links:

Damselfly

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Comments (6)
debart12
Lol my android just wrote eteadt instead of steady... Anyway, thanks Walter, you've taken some pretty impressive photos yourself!
debart12
Ha ha. Thanks. Nothing special: just a sony eteadt shot 10.1 mega pixel camera, but it did take some fiddling to get that shot:-)
Geodialist
Wow, "debart12" -- talk about a fast start out of the gate! Let's see you top that one! ;) What type of photo gear did you use to shoot your extraordinary photo? Walter Sanford, a.k.a., Geodialist ([email protected])
debart12
Actually, to be more specific, they are in the egg laying phase....

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies

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PublishedJune 24, 2011

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