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The Phantom Flutterer One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen and a lucky find this morning! Geotagged,Rhyothemis semihyalina,South Africa,dragonflies,south africa Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

The Phantom Flutterer

One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen and a lucky find this morning!

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  1. View Sunil R Agadi's profile
    Sunil R Agadi
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    Nice one Clarie, but do post if you have taken it in other angles also. Eager to see it in other views. Posted 11 years ago
    1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
      Claire Hamilton
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      Oh me too, but this was another of those lucky shots. It just happened to land on this grass for a few moments, long enough to get several shots like this, then it was away, never to be seen again! Posted 11 years ago

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The Rhyothemis semihyalina

''Rhyothemis semihyalina'', the Phantom Flutterer, is a species of dragonfly in family Libellulidae. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded.. more

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Similar species: Dragonflies And Damselflies
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By Claire Hamilton

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Uploaded Jan 21, 2014. Captured Jan 21, 2014 09:26 in N2, South Africa.
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  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/790s
  • ISO400
  • 400mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.