June Odonata 2013
Here are a couple of dragonflies and one damselfly from a trip to the Allegan forest yesterday. Click on any image for a larger file.
First - what I think is a Carolina Saddlebags, though the Red Saddlebags is very similar. I do not see the large “window” in the saddlebag on the wings that the Red would typically have, so my guess is the Carolina.
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Here is another shot, not as good, but that shows the coloration on the face and wings a little better:
![](http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/media/blogs/calarti/2013/IMGP7282.jpg)
And then a common 12 Spotted Skimmer, which were out in abundance over the pond I was visiting:
![](http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/media/blogs/calarti/2013/IMGP7433.jpg)
Lastly, some sort of Bluet Damselfly. I used a different technique for this shot and focus stacked 16 separate images together to get better depth of field. I have not tried this in the field before, and it actually seemed to work pretty well:
![](http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/media/blogs/calarti/2013/IMGP7366FF.jpg)
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