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ascalaphus libelluloides
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| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Volker Schmidt (voschix) (4) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-04-22 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Camera: Nikon Coolpix 7900 |
| Exposure: f/4.8, 1/750 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Map: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-05-18 4:44 |
| Viewed: 561 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
| This relatively rare insect cought my attention when hiking above Lake Garda near Limone. They were plenty of them in the air, but only in one particular location. Seemed like a mating place. A few of the animals were on the ground and that's how I could take the photograph. I later identified it, via web search, to be a libelloides coccajus, also known as ascalaphus libelluloides. The German name is "Libellen-Schmetterlingshaft", in Italian it's an "ascalafo", if I am not mistaken. The photograph does not pretend to be anything perfect; it's the animal that I want to present. |
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- joey
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(21966) - [2007-05-18 5:48]
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Hi Volker,
I've always wanted to see one of these!
A great find.
Well done,
Joey
hello
interesting specimen, beautiful colours, a pity that's in a hand for the photo, however, TFS
regards
jo
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