Calopteryx??

"
You ask me the question who am I?
Well I guess I should start with my name.
But my name is in essence just a series of letters,
Surely that won’t be met with acclaim.

So what does my name represent?
What is it that makes up my being?
When I live each moment of this life I am given,
What is it that people are seeing?
"
(A section of the poem written by Kirst, titled 'who am i':))

comments (15)

Ludo Sak

Lion

Now that is what I call natural contrast. Nice shot! Love the detail of head, the crispness of wings, the blurred tail. I need to find time again for my hobby. First finish the new kitchen:) Made a few clicks though, will upload them soon. Posted 12 years ago
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  Lion
  
  Thanks Ludo! We are also behind with the photos; have a some nice ones from our holiday but didn't find the time yet to sort them out.... Posted 12 years ago

Frankhuizen Photography

Lion

Thanks Ludo! We are also behind with the photos; have a some nice ones from our holiday but didn't find the time yet to sort them out.... Posted 12 years ago
1. Ludo Sak
  
  Lion
  
  Ghehe, at least you had a holiday:) Posted 12 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

Btw I don't think it is a Calopteryx Splendens, which has a very typical wing pattern, lacking here. What is actually is, I don't know. Posted 12 years ago
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  Lion
  
  I don't think so either, that's why I deleted the specie but I forgot to delete the tags underneath the photo... This one didn't have the spots on the wings.
  
  May be Wildflower can give us a hand. Posted 12 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

GIven the lack of wingpattern (as far as I can see), and the (possibly overlighted) feet it could be one of the Platycnemis family, though badly documented in Wiki. Maybe a Platycnemis pennipes, white legged. Posted 12 years ago
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  Lion
  
  It's body had the colour of a banded demoiselle (without the spots on the wings), not the blue or brown of a Platycnemis pennipes. Posted 12 years ago
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  Lion
  
  Nice poem to it! Posted 12 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

Tough one... indeed it looks like a female Calopteryx splendens. The problem is that I don't see the white patch near the tip (pseudopterostigma). It could also be an immature individual, which would be paler.
Do you have other photos - from a different angle to the body or with the wings closer together? Posted 12 years ago
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  Lion
  
  No I'm sorry, it flew away before I could take this one from a different angle. There were also Calopteryx splendens at the water side but they all had the dark pattern on the wings which this one hasn't. Posted 12 years ago
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    Lion
    
    The females don't have the dark patch, only the males do. I can't find a better match. There are a few green ones in the Lestes genus, but they are rather yellowish and have yellow to black pterostigmata. Posted 12 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion
I don't know what it is either, but I know it is beautiful:
- Marvelous Macros
Posted 12 years ago
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  Lion
  
  Thanks! Posted 12 years ago

RMFelix

Lion

Calopteryx splendens
http://www.dragonflypix.com/drawings/calosple_1.png

''In females a white pseudopterostigma is present, distinguishable from a true pterostigma by the presence of veins running across the cell. Occasional females exhibit male wing patterning, but can be distinguished by the presence of the pseudopterostigma." http://online-field-guide.com/Calopteryxsplendens.htm

Sometimes the white pterostigmas (pseudopterostigma) are not so visible...
http://media.eol.org/content/2013/03/21/23/35782_orig.jpg

Trusted image showing the same wing morphology: http://www.arkive.org/banded-demoiselle/calopteryx-splendens/image-A20867.html#src=portletV3api

Cheers* Posted 9 years ago

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Uploaded Aug 5, 2013. Captured Aug 5, 2013 13:45 in Voorhoeveweg, 6006 Weert, The Netherlands.

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