I show Mark my photo of the mating dragonflies.
'Dragonflies, you're sure? Aren't they damselflies?'
I look on google, compared a dragon fly to a damsel fly. It is not a dragon and not a damsel, it's a crane fly, I think.
Wow, x-rated insect pictures! You're right about your search, I had to do the same thing once with Google. They can even fly this way "while" mating! I saw a program once where aeronautical engineers study Dragonflies in flight because of the wing structure and the ability to fly at such strange angles and positions.
@mikegifford haha! They were cavorting above the grass and I was following them until they landed on the teasel leaves. Must have been a very interesting programme to have seen.
Hi we're paired for get pushed this week and thank you for the challenge -- I will do my best -- I note you have alot of nature shots. For your challenge photograph something mechanical especially showing it function. Good luck and have fun.
@overalvandaan Ha Ha...same here...I felt like a cheap insect pervert crawling/running around trying to get a picture! The program I watched had them in a plastic container that was rather large and very high speed video cameras on some of the perimeter sides. When filmed at high speed the observers could then playback and watch the wing motion and shoulder joints. Very neat looking in slow motion.
