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16-Sep-2019 Gillian Mastromatteo

Elusive Clubtail (Stylurus notatus)

Dick Bell Park

I was walking along the shore of a quiet bay along the Ottawa River this morning when I heard the sound of large insect wings buzzing furiously nearby. I scanned the area and saw a fresh looking Elusive Clubtail on the ground. I wasn't sure what was wrong until I crouched down and saw a wasp hanging onto its neck. I assume that the wasp was trying to parasitize the clubtail, but as the dragonfly was still alive and fighting I used a stick to disengage the wasp and shoo it away. The clubtail sat still after that, so I picked it up and put it on a leaf in the sun.

Nikon COOLPIX P610
1/400s f/4.5 at 12.5mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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