Visitor

ffellah · Post by **ffellah** » Sun Jul 24, 2022 3:24 pm

Hello all: yesterday in the great heat a visitor stopped by, probably exhausted. It stayed for about 30 minutes in the shade, then flew away.

Franco

Post by **Montana** » Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:30 am

He is beautiful

sunlight has been falling on his unchanged body for millions of years, a true survivor

Alexandra

rsfoto · Post by **rsfoto** » Tue Jul 26, 2022 2:18 pm

Hi Franco,

Great shot of a Damselfly ?

ffellah · Post by **ffellah** » Wed Jul 27, 2022 10:23 am

Thank you Alexandra and Rainer. I am not sure, I thought it was a dragonfly but maybe a damsefly ? I never heard of damselflies before.

Franco

Post by **Montana** » Wed Jul 27, 2022 10:30 am

I think he is a dragonfly as his wings are horizontal not vertically held, also his eyes are round and not on a horizontal bar.

Alexandra

rsfoto · Post by **rsfoto** » Wed Jul 27, 2022 3:17 pm

Hi,

In order to wipe out any doubt it is a Dragonfly. Yellow black striped body and blue tail

Look at the black spots on the upper wing end tail.

https://pixels.com/featured/blue-dasher ... ogers.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_skimmer

Franco, Damselflies are easy to recognize as they can fold their wings backwards aligned with their body while Dragonflies can not.

ffellah · Post by **ffellah** » Wed Jul 27, 2022 6:08 pm

Thank you for clarifying Alexandra and Rainer !

Franco

MapleRidge · Post by **MapleRidge** » Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:45 am

Great pic of your visitor Franco

Brian

sadye15 · Post by **sadye15** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 11:35 am

Frightening and at the same time very beautiful

ffellah · Post by **ffellah** » Fri Aug 05, 2022 6:18 pm

Thank you very much Brian and sadye15

Franco