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16-AUG-2012 Christine Hanrahan

Black saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)

Found today just south of the Ottawa River. This is a rare immigrant to our area, and is the first I've seen in Ottawa (but I have seen them in southern Ontario in large numbers). It is not a great photo, and although I waited, watched and followed this odonate for some time I never managed more than a couple more shots.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/200s f/5.7 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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Range View 20-Aug-2012 21:51
Super fine detail there Christine. Great capture! V
Barbara
Patrick Goossens18-Aug-2012 09:19
I find this a great species with explicit markings on the wings and abdomen. For the moment it is very hot here(too hot)
Esa Ervasti18-Aug-2012 02:33
We have 59 species of dragonflies but none of them have so wide hindwings than this! Fantastic species and great shot!
bill friedlander16-Aug-2012 23:21
Looks good to me too. Great look at the structural members of the wings. V
Karen Stuebing16-Aug-2012 22:51
It looks fine to me. Great detail and color. V.
Guest 16-Aug-2012 19:12
"odonate"--- improving entomological vocabularies too. Thank you, Christine.
MarcViskens16-Aug-2012 18:55
beautiful shot Christine
marc
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