The piece of wood it’s sitting on is an inch thick…
Unfortunately my phone’s camera didn’t pick up the rainbow of colours in its wings. So big and yet so delicate.
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July 26, 2014 at 11:24 am
wonderful, and I mean full of wonder! xx
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July 26, 2014 at 11:28 am
It is, isn’t it? 😀 Thanks, Willow!
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July 26, 2014 at 11:29 am
No thank you!
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July 25, 2014 at 11:13 pm
There are so many dragonflies varieties in this part of the world ( Borneo ) They have a book about them! I find them fascinating.
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July 25, 2014 at 2:51 am
Wow! What a bigee! I was afraid for a long time too…I did not know they ate mosquitoes. I shall appreciate them more now.
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July 25, 2014 at 9:39 am
Right? Anything that eats mosquitoes deserves appreciation.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:19 pm
That’s huge! We have one that hangs around the house that’s less than half as big. Come to think of it, ours is the first one I’ve seen since moving here. I remember when I was a kid there were a bunch of them flying around the park, and they scared me to death…
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July 24, 2014 at 10:34 pm
Haha! Yeah, I was afraid of them as a child too. As I just mentioned in a comment further down, they dropped a plane-load of them not too far from here a few years ago. The population spread substantially. This is the biggest one I think I’ve ever seen though.
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July 24, 2014 at 9:34 pm
Dragon flies always remind me of summers spent in Winnsboro TX, floating about in a jon boat on my Granddaddy’s pond, trying to catch brim and shoot water moccasins with my .22 rifle…
Ah! Good Times!
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July 24, 2014 at 10:32 pm
They do love the water – and the mosquitoes that hatch in it! Glad I was able to take you back. 🙂
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July 24, 2014 at 9:18 pm
I love dragonflies! The other week I had a beautiful cyan blue one land on my wrist for a few seconds before taking off. And a few days after that, while mowing the lawn, there was a beautiful dragonfly couple that was colored with black and white stripes (one slightly larger than the other) flying around the yard in circles and landing on tree branches before repeating the motions. Their wings look like extremely thin crystal sometimes to me. 🙂
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July 24, 2014 at 10:31 pm
They really do look like something you’d see in a fine china and crystal shop, don’t they? There are some really pretty ones out there.
Thanks for sharing that, Dominika. 🙂
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July 24, 2014 at 5:57 pm
I stumbled upon one a few years ago, it was dead on the sidewalk. I’d never seen one so big, but my husband says he’s seen bigger. It was almost the length of my foot and its body was about the size of a baby carrot. :O
The Deep South grows bugs of an enormous size!
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July 24, 2014 at 10:29 pm
Wow! I think this is the biggest I’ve ever seen. Do the ones down where you are breathe fire? haha
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July 25, 2014 at 12:22 am
Hah! No, cause I don’t live in Georgia anymore — but I think EVERYTHING breathes fire in Georgia, because omg, so hot!!!
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July 25, 2014 at 9:38 am
Makes sense to me! 🙂
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July 24, 2014 at 3:22 pm
Very pretty – their wings are so delicate looking
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July 24, 2014 at 10:29 pm
They are, aren’t they? Thanks Pamela 🙂
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July 24, 2014 at 3:12 pm
They are kind of scary in their own way. Guess that’s why they are called dragonfly.
Leslie
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July 24, 2014 at 10:28 pm
I used to be afraid of them too. Then I found out they eat mosquitoes. Now I love them. 🙂
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July 25, 2014 at 12:42 pm
Looks like there is a good side to everything?
Leslie
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July 25, 2014 at 12:43 pm
Always. 🙂
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July 24, 2014 at 2:57 pm
Beautiful Linda;-)
We have many kind of dragonflies here in many colors.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:28 pm
Thanks, Irene. 🙂
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July 24, 2014 at 2:44 pm
I have tried this before but I always end up scaring it away or something…even if I zoom. Strange. 😛
Awesome picture. ❤
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July 24, 2014 at 10:27 pm
Me too! Not this one though. My son actually touched its wing before I took the shot. It flew away right after I took it.
Thanks very much. 🙂
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July 25, 2014 at 4:02 am
Wow, he touched the wings too! That was one obedient dragonfly. I wish to meet one like that someday. 🙂
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July 25, 2014 at 9:41 am
I think he might have been busy eating something, so that’s probably the trick. Catch ’em when they’re dining.
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July 25, 2014 at 10:13 am
Lol, I will try that for sure. Hahaha. 😀
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July 24, 2014 at 2:42 pm
That’s a big one. Wish we had dragonflies around here.
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July 24, 2014 at 10:26 pm
I thought everyone had them. They dropped loads of them out of a plane a few years back around here to get rid of the mosquitoes. 🙂
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July 24, 2014 at 10:47 pm
Nope. Not the right environment here.
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July 25, 2014 at 9:38 am
It must be very dry where you are.
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July 25, 2014 at 9:57 am
Not really. It’s hot and humid.
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July 25, 2014 at 10:03 am
If you have mosquitoes you need dragonflies. Lobby the government.
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July 24, 2014 at 2:22 pm
One of my favorite Dragonfly songs. 😉 Looks nice.
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July 24, 2014 at 2:27 pm
Awesome song! Thanks for sharing that. 🙂
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