Jagged-Edged Saddlebag Dragonfly (Tramea lacerata)

7 responses to “Jagged-Edged Saddlebag Dragonfly (Tramea lacerata)”

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   gsikich1

   Dec 28, 2013 at 1:06 pm

   Did you have to fight for the dessert?

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   jgury

   Dec 28, 2013 at 4:02 pm

   http://www.insectlifeforms.com/605020104949714/Skimmers_And_Emer...
   http://www.godofinsects.com/index.php/museum/dragonflies-and-dam...

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   scleroplex

   Dec 28, 2013 at 5:58 pm

   beautiful compo 🙂

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   christopherholtphotos

   Jan 4, 2014 at 1:06 am

   wow…beautiful and creepy

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5. 

   jurvetson

   Jan 4, 2014 at 1:53 am

   Oh, bizarre. I forgot I left this photo public. Oh well, guess is was interesting.

   @gsikich1 — yeah, he was like back off man

   @jgury – thanks for the ID… a Jagged-Edged Saddlebag Dragonfly (Tramea lacerata)

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   NYCArthur

   Jan 4, 2014 at 7:30 pm

   wow – amazing… tasty? I mean the flan.

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   jgury

   Jan 5, 2014 at 4:09 pm

   What always gets me about dragonflies is how prehistoric they are. Beyond the Permian extinctions, which they survived looking not that much different than today. Size is a good one too as they they grew up be the largest known insects. qvcproject.blogspot.com/2012/01/magnificent-giant-and-unf…
   harvardmag.com/pdf/2007/11-pdfs/1107-112.pdf

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