Dragonfly pic

[j.w]

Wonderful Dragon shots you guys!
Did not know they could eat a worm but makes sense since they eat baby fish.

 

[Troutredds]

Here's a lucky shot! Catching them in flight is really a matter of a lot of wasted shots. They are such incredible fliers, fast and often moving with random direction changes.

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That is an outstanding shot! Look closely at the very tip of his abdomen. See how it’s shredded a bit? That denotes a recently mated male. Beautiful capture, @Stephen T.! Here’s a similar example posted years ago of the same species, I believe:

Same mating injury, also.

 

[addy1]

We have zero mosquitoes here, I think they help in the removal of them.

 

[Gemma]

I love ALL the pics, thanks for sharing you guys!
I found 3 dead dragonfly tangled up in the pond netting, another reason why I like the hard mesh better!

 

[addy1]

I found 3 dead dragonfly tangled up in the pond netting, another reason why I like the hard mesh better!

That and the birds, frogs etc is why I use the wide weave netting. It stops nothing but the heron.

 

[j.w]

Yep the wide weave they fly right through mine. Never had any stuck.

 

[Ronfire]

I was luck to get this one a few years back, looks like a helicopter

 

[Stephen T.]

I caught this bedraggled dragonfly a couple weeks ago, out by the pond.