Blue Darner (male) by GiMi53

Photography • Insects • posted on Aug 11, 2011

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Description

A better view of the dragonfly presented yesterday just after emerging from the exsuvia. The wings are still joined instead of held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. Just after the emergence from the nymph the colors are also not exactly as in the adults. The Southern Hawker or Blue Darner (Aeshna cyanea) is a 70 millimetres (2.8 in) long species of hawker dragonfly.It is large, with a long body. It has green markings on the black bodies, and the male also has blue spots on the abdomen. Thank you very much for your comments on my previous upload:

"Just born…"

Comments (19)

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m_j_s

2:46PM | Thu, 11 August 2011

Stunning shot mate! Very clear details and a very nice composition!

belasebok

2:49PM | Thu, 11 August 2011

Nice macro!

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jayfar

2:53PM | Thu, 11 August 2011

Super capture of this dragonfly evolving Michel.

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dadon72

4:09PM | Thu, 11 August 2011

I've never been able to get one of these guys to stand still long enough to get a nice clear shot. Well done!

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PatGoltz

4:45PM | Thu, 11 August 2011

I hope to see another photo of this species when he's dry and has his wings open. He's pretty already.

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zoren

5:00PM | Thu, 11 August 2011

nice one!!

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Faemike55

5:44PM | Thu, 11 August 2011

Fantastic capture

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LovelyPoetess

7:47PM | Thu, 11 August 2011

Excellent capture, I too have trouble getting them to hold still long enough. I'm going to take a hint from you and look for them just emerging and trying to dry out and align their wings.

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