jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Aug 24, 2013 21:46:36 GMT -5
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Post by quartz on Aug 25, 2013 15:06:48 GMT -5
Dragonflies are nice to see, and fun to watch. Great hunters. Thanks Larry
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Post by jamesp on Aug 25, 2013 15:11:40 GMT -5
They eat the mosquitos. Have heard about 200 a day.
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Post by quartz on Aug 25, 2013 15:26:41 GMT -5
A few yrs. ago, we went to Winnemucca, Nevada, from McDermitt, naturally, to visit an old time school school friend of Carol's, and her family. The ladies went for groceries and I sat out back and watched a dragonfly getting little black bugs. It would fly off a regular perch, grab a bug, then back to the perch. It then bit off and spit out the head and wings, and ate the rest of the bug. Saw it get probably a dozen that way. We had a really pretty bronze colored one favor one of our pole bean posts last year. Beautiful creatures.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2013 16:22:41 GMT -5
I love those bugs and you got some super close ups with awesome focus.Being able to see the corrugations in the eyes, WOW!!!!!!
Jim
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 25, 2013 17:41:38 GMT -5
Beautiful, James. You have a good eye, your wife doesn't have a thing on your camera skills. Looks like you've got your MAC down pat already.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2013 17:44:54 GMT -5
Dang, I am moving to Atlantis and visit James more.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 25, 2013 18:50:52 GMT -5
Like Larry said they are wicked hunters. There is a dragonfly that eats other dragonflies. It is robust and heavy in the front. I have seen them in Florida above the trees at dusk eating mosquitos being blown from the sea breeze thru the live oaks. So thick maybe one per cubic foot.
Thanks for the comments. I have small varieties here in Atlanta. The ones in Florida are big. I think they come in every color. That one let me get really close. Ya never know. Thanks for looking. And come on over Scott.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2013 19:42:50 GMT -5
We have the largest species of dragonfly here. The Green darner. To me it's not about size, but variety. I think we have two species each dragonfly/damselfly.
Thanks for sharing your pix.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 26, 2013 19:56:16 GMT -5
We tend to get the big orange ones here. Always like to see them flitting around.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 26, 2013 19:58:55 GMT -5
There is a lure company that makes changeable body colors and interchangeable components to create a large variety of D flies but i can not find them. Sold on an info commercial.  |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 26, 2013 20:03:57 GMT -5
They buzz over my lily ponds and bass jump after them. Sometimes doing a whole flip. At high noon when the dragonflies seem most active.
I do not know how many variations there is but many colors. I see big ones in Florida, probably darners. Lots of damselfly varieties too.
Amazing bug. Green and orange in California. Hmmm
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 26, 2013 20:07:40 GMT -5
Website for your lures- DRAGONFLYZI could see where they could work well. |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 26, 2013 20:29:58 GMT -5
Dragon fly lures are a fetish. They are probably buzzing the water during the warm season more than any other bug over the whole warm season. Great for die hard hot weather fisherman.
Dang, i cut open a giganticus coral head hoping for sphere potential. You guys look in 'saws and slabs'. damn fractures
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 26, 2013 21:17:59 GMT -5
I used to fish in nearly any kind of weather and seeing dragonflies hovering over the water was always a very pleasant experience. I remember big, vivid blue and green ones from the Rocky Mountain states. They're insect gems and were appropriate inspiration for the art nouveau jewelry movement. I tried to post a link but it was invalid. Try searching for "art nouveau dragonfly images" if you're curious.
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Post by Pat on Aug 26, 2013 23:31:15 GMT -5
Gemfeller's. '" insect gems" is a perfect description. They are beautiful. We used to get them over our pool.
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