Damsefly in evening sunlight

The evening sun was my inspiration for this image. I was taking an evening stroll near my house when this little guy caught my eye. I do not know what species of dragonfly this is.

comments (8)

travismorhardt

Lion

Lovely capture! I really like the warm bokeh. This is actually a damselfly, as the wings are folded together over the fly's abdomen. Dragonflies wings are displayed out from both sides of the fly's body. Where did you take this photo?If you getoag it, using the "geotag this photo" button to right of the photo, someone may be able to help you identify it.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask either here or in the forum :) Posted 10 years ago
1. melaniefalko
  
  Bullet Ant
  
  Thank you so much for your help! Wow, you just taught me two things (the words 'bokeh' and damsefly). I geotagged the picture and looked up the citrine forktail (seems spot-on). Thanks for the motivation :) Posted 10 years ago

travismorhardt

Lion

It looks like a male citrine forktail Ischnura hastata:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/597 Posted 10 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Great photo, Melanie, welcome to JungleDragon! Posted 10 years ago
1. melaniefalko
  
  Bullet Ant
  
  Thanks fchrisant, this is a fun site! Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Glad you like it :)
    
    By the way, I saw you requesting manual species creation on another photo, for species "Scoliidae". Note that this is not a species, rather it is a group of species, it is therefore not specific enough. Posted 10 years ago
  2. 1. melaniefalko
      
      Bullet Ant
      
      Ah, okay. Thank you for clarifying that. Posted 10 years ago