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Common Bluetail

Ischnura heterostica

Description:

Common bluetail -damselfly. Australasian Egg laying phase of mating...zoom in on full screen to see the egg deposits.

Habitat:

Our front yard, freshwater pond, although the Common Bluetail is saltwater tolerant

Notes:

Two mating damselflies, now in the egg laying phase. If you zoom in on the full screen you will see the egg deposits.

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6 Comments

debart12
debart12 12 years ago

Lol my android just wrote eteadt instead of steady...
Anyway, thanks Walter, you've taken some pretty impressive photos yourself!

debart12
debart12 12 years ago

Ha ha. Thanks. Nothing special: just a sony eteadt shot 10.1 mega pixel camera, but it did take some fiddling to get that shot:-)

Geodialist
Geodialist 12 years ago

Wow, "debart12" -- talk about a fast start out of the gate! Let's see you top that one! ;) What type of photo gear did you use to shoot your extraordinary photo? Walter Sanford, a.k.a., Geodialist (wsanford@wsanford.com)

debart12
debart12 12 years ago

Actually, to be more specific, they are in the egg laying phase....

debart12
debart12 12 years ago

Thank you, Heather!

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Wonderful action photo!!!

debart12
Spotted by
debart12

Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Spotted on Dec 4, 2010
Submitted on Jun 24, 2011

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