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A male #RiverJewelwing #damselfly, #Calopteryx-aequabilis on Cox Creek #Albany,Oregon,USA #Odonata #Insect #Invertebrate #BadAss #Predator #Zygooptera #Caloptrygiidae #Entomology #SteveValleyPhotography #photography #SciArt #NikonD700 #200mmMicro-Nikkor #BugPics #DragonflyPhotography #Science #Art
A male River Jewelwing damselfly, Calopteryx aequabilis on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA
February 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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A male #AmericanRubyspot #damselfly, #Hetaerina-americana on Cox Creek #Albany,Oregon,USA.
#Odonata #Insect #Invertebrate #BadAss #Predator #Zygooptera #Caloptrygiidae #Entomology #SteveValleyPhotography #photography #SciArt #NikonD700 #200mmMicro-Nikkor #BugPics #DragonflyPhotography #Science #Art
A male American Rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana on Cox Creek, Albany, Oregon, USA. The males in this population are very wary and only a very slow approach allows me to get close enough to shoot and I also always try and approach along the stream from the north to get the sun just a bit behind them to make the rubyspot glow. This is an incredibly small population, the most I have seen at one time is 3 and I estimate there are as few as 10 adults of each sex in the population each season. I started studying this population in May 2020.
February 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM