Beautiful shot, Ellen. I love the contrast between the orange of the dragonfly’s body and the green of the vegetation. It looks to me like a male Needham’s Skimmer, but I am always reluctant to make any kind of definitive call on dragonflies that are outside of my area. 🙂
Thanks, Mike, I was quite pleased when he stopped on the peak of that bent reed. Tall grass that I was reluctant to step into kept me from getting some different angles.
You had mentioned Needham’s last year on one of my posts of a similarly colored fellow and I looked to see if this might be one, but also am not sure.
There is a similar looking dragonfly called a Golden-winged Skimmer that is supposed to be hard to distinguish from a Needham’s. We don’t tend to have them where I live, so I am not much help with ID tips for telling them apart.
I was watching a dragon fly fluttering around in front of me this morning, it kind of looked like this one. When the sun hit the wings it looked like copper or gold. But I did not get up to get my camera. They never sit still very long around here. Wonderful photo Ellen.
Beautiful shot, Ellen. I love the contrast between the orange of the dragonfly’s body and the green of the vegetation. It looks to me like a male Needham’s Skimmer, but I am always reluctant to make any kind of definitive call on dragonflies that are outside of my area. 🙂
Thanks, Mike, I was quite pleased when he stopped on the peak of that bent reed. Tall grass that I was reluctant to step into kept me from getting some different angles.
You had mentioned Needham’s last year on one of my posts of a similarly colored fellow and I looked to see if this might be one, but also am not sure.
There is a similar looking dragonfly called a Golden-winged Skimmer that is supposed to be hard to distinguish from a Needham’s. We don’t tend to have them where I live, so I am not much help with ID tips for telling them apart.
What a model, great Ellen!
Thanks, Hans!
Beautiful shot Ellen!
Thank you, Greta!
Beautiful and perfect, Ellen!
Thank you, Donna!
I was watching a dragon fly fluttering around in front of me this morning, it kind of looked like this one. When the sun hit the wings it looked like copper or gold. But I did not get up to get my camera. They never sit still very long around here. Wonderful photo Ellen.
They are fun to watch and the iridescence on some of them is just amazing. Thanks, Sandra!