Four-spotted Chaser by Enmos

Photography • Macro • posted on Jun 09, 2005

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Description

Thanks for viewing !! :o) -- Four-spotted Chaser, Libellula quadrimaculata. Wingspan 76 mm, bodylength 42 mm. This dragonfly gets its name form the four dark spots present at the midpoint of the front of each of its four wings. Unusually for this family, males and females are much alike in appearance; the basic colouration is dark honey-brown, with a paler scalloped edge to both sides of the abdomen. The tip of the abdomen is black. This species can usually be found around most water bodies, including pools, rivers and upland lakes. Male four-spotted chasers are active insects and spend long periods of time hawking over the water and surrounding vegetation, both hunting for other insects and marking out their territories. They appear from late May until August, and must mate and reproduce during this short season. Mating takes place on the wing and the females then hover over the water surface, dropping her eggs which sink down to adhere to submerged vegetation. As with other Odonata species, the larvae of the four-spotted chaser live for about two years amongst the vegetation and muddy debris at the bottom of their pond. They are voracious predators of other water creatures. When they have grown to a large enough size they climb up the stems of emergent vegetation before completing their transformation into adults. Hope you like, thursday already... have wonderful one :o) - Thanks for all your wonderful comments on my last upload, "Picking Flowers" !! -- Many thanks, Jeroen

Comments (46)

parb1194

5:26AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

A perfect macro and what a beauty, it looks great against that green background. FANTASTIC!!!!! V ;o)

BorisB

5:54AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

MASTERPIECE !!!

chrysalide

6:12AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

excellent macro with nice lightning, i like the details of the wings. have a good day

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francinechristophe

6:20AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

superb as always but exceedingly interesting comments. Thank you Jeroen !

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hotracer2

6:30AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

Another masterful macro:):):):):)

pimbotin

6:38AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

Cool! Love it.

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sadlers5

6:42AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

i wish i had these wings so i could fly also hehe gorgeous shot !

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Zacko

7:23AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

AMAZED!!! You can call me AMAZED!!!! Cant stop being fascinated by your shots, they belong on the cover on National Geographics or the poster for Pest Control perhaps, LOL. Awesome macro buddy! Have a great day #:O)

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MaydaMason

7:36AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

what a vertigos!!! impressive pov and details!

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SNAKEY

7:55AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

AWESOME MATE..........:o))

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Sekadhar

8:23AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

Perfect macro! Excellent done!*****!

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jacro

9:21AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

excellent details of wings,very good sharpness,excellent contrast with background,super macro!

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statt2344

9:51AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

ANOTHER GREAT SHARP PHOTO ALWAY'S INTRESTING TO HAVE THE BIO OF WHAT YOU HAVE TAKEN CHEER'S BYE V

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pm_hackworth

9:53AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

As always...you are the master! VOTE

donvino

11:34AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

What I can say, greatly like always. Excellent details!!!

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wastl001

11:41AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

You did it again, o great macro-king!!

Blutak

11:44AM | Thu, 09 June 2005

Brilliant!!!!!

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MossSphere

12:13PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

Incredible detail you've captured here, brilliant!! The patterns on the wings are stunning!

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Chaos911

12:15PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

wow, brilliant done!!!

soulofharmony

2:30PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

fantastic macro jerone always an insppiration in viewing your work awesome :)...))) sublime

ana-maria

2:55PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

Outstanding again. Perfect!!!

vlaaitje

3:43PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

wow!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO razor sharp....gorgeous shot

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tesla

4:17PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

Super capture!!!Looks like I can reach out and touch him!!!V

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maggiemai

4:37PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

Wow again! This is truly an incredible shot. You are a fantastic photographer!!! If you don't do this for a living, you should! lol I just had to click back through all of the pictures I'd missed and they are all equally fantastic...never a bad shot! I am in awe! :-) BRAVO and VOTE :-)

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Margana

5:39PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

You are the original 'Never-miss-man'! I don't know what's more impressive to me.That you take these amazing shots or that you actually get close to them instead of running away like I would!LOL! Another amazing one Jeroen!

logiloglu

5:59PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

wow, most fascinating details. awesome macro shot,Jeroen. *** #:O)

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