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red-veined meadow hawk

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  1. View Calbost Niel's profile
    Calbost Niel
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    Wow! What a beautiful creature. Great shot Posted 3 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Perhaps you already know this, but I believe this body position is called the obelisk posture, where it minimizes its surface area in relation to the sun. Typically means it's HOT. Posted 3 years ago
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      morpheme
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      Interesting. It was warm yesterday- 83F (28C) which is pretty hot for here. I had assumed it was them attempting to be attractive… only the males seemed to be doing it. Posted 3 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Looks like both theories can apply: losing body heat and male competition:
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelisk_posture         Posted 3 years ago
  4. View Calbost Niel's profile
    Calbost Niel
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    Love the contrasting dark background Posted 3 years ago

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The Red-veined meadowhawk

"Sympetrum madidum", the red-veined meadowhawk, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
Species identified by morpheme
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Jul 13, 2022. Captured Jul 12, 2022 15:26 in 33CX+8H Olympia, WA, USA.
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  • X-E2
  • f/8.0
  • 1/180s
  • ISO400
  • 560mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.