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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Previous FWG blogs >> 2011 Blogs >> FWG Blog: June 2011 > Swift river cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis)
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07-JUN-2011 Christine Hanrahan

Swift river cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis)

A new dragonfly for our FWG list, and a new species for me! I was walking to my car by the centre when this dragonfly flew over and landed waaaaay up in a manitoba maple. The photos really stretched the limits of my camera and the lighting was appalling, but I was determined to get a few photos to help with ID, because I knew I had not seen this before. Initially it was thought this was a Twin-spotted Spiketail, but thanks to Bruce Ripley and another visitor, and confirmed by Chris Lewis, we now know it is the swift river cruiser.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/320s f/5.7 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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Guest 24-Nov-2011 23:21
Looks like a Swift River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis).
Guest 23-Jun-2011 13:24
It looks to me that maybe this is a Swift River Cruiser?

Cheers
Bruce Ripley
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