Emerald damsefly with water mite parasites on its' thorax photo

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17-AUG-2011	Cliff Raby

Emerald Damselfly [Lestes sponsa]
the parasitic Water Mites are of the genus Arrenurus

Sony Alpha DSLR-A580 ,Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 Di Macro
1/40s f/8.0 at 180.0mm iso200 full exif

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godro		18-Jan-2013 00:33
Nice macro and colors, well done!!!

Joanne Kamo		14-Sep-2011 01:27
Gorgeous aqua eyes, and too bad about the mites!

Torben Jorgensen		29-Aug-2011 10:49
Great shot Cliff. Super background. You often see these water mites on damselflyes. I think they only use the damselflies af as transportation. V

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