La Dragonfly.

[Sheri]

Tres pretty!

 

[Dark Raptor]

It's great.
This one belongs to Aeshnidae family and looks like Aeshna cyanea. This specie is very common in Poland, but I don't know if it is possible to find them in nearctic region.

 

[brachy]

Hi
Very VERY nice photous. I like this flying predators. What kind is your camera ??

 

[Sheri]

You know, I don't think it is Aeshna cyanea... at least not from the search results I have been getting. But Manitoba has 94 species...

I'm going to find out though and let you know.

The camera is a Fuji FinePix E510.

Thank you! I've been trying all summer to get decent shots of this bug.

 

[InvertConvert]

Those are awesome pics..I absolutely love Dragonflies. I would love to get into taking pics (or trying too) of them, but my boyfriend and best friend are into photography and if I mention my interest now( even though I have been for a long time) they may think I am copying..lol

 

[Sheri]

Ok, not Aeshna cyanea, but it is an Aeshna spp.

Waiting for some more pros to weigh in on it.
Bright side is that I have met an entire sub-culture of bug people.

There are many of us, it seems, in this city. Just not a whole lot focosed on arachnids.

They will be soon though.

 

[tarcan]

Sheri, nice pictures, one needs to be very patient to take pictures of those!

BTW, you are missing the accent on the "très"!!!

Here are a few francophone dragonflies... also one "demoiselle"! I am not sure if they make the distinction in english, we use two different words depending as how the wings are placed when the animal is at rest...

The red one was taken in Trinidad though... I wish I could have made a close up of it, they were spectacular...

 

[Sheri]

Thanks Martin!

Excuse moi Martin, je ne sait pas comment trouvez les accent.
(I know, that was terrible.)

The species is...
(drumroll)
Aeshna interrupta, female!

And they are damn difficult subjects, to say the least.

 

[Bayushi]

Tarcan: out here we call the one in your first picture a damsel fly....

 

[tarcan]

interesting, as it sounds like if you pronounce the french word fast... it means "miss"

 

[Sheri]

So I went out with the local dragonfly expert and had a blast with these bugs... (and damselflies).

 

[BLS Blondi]

Not only are dragonflies cool, but they eat mosquitoes too!

 

[Malkavian]

Amazing closeups Sheri. Sadly I havent had any luck getting decent shots of them, can't get close to the buggers before they notice me and fly off

 

[Crotalus]

Very nice macros Sheri!

/Lelle