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Sympetrum Vulgatum


Sympetrum Vulgatum
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Copyright: Nicolas Moulin (nimou) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 148 W: 1 N: 687] (3169)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-10
Categories: Insects
Camera: Kodak DX6490, Raynox DCR250
Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-11-04 10:02
Viewed: 688
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Règne Animalia
Embranchement Arthropoda
Sous-embr. Hexapoda
Classe Insecta
Sous-classe Pterygota
Infra-classe Palaeoptera
Ordre Odonata
Sous-ordre Anisoptera
Famille Libellulidae
Genre Sympetrum

Vagrant Darter Dragonfly.

Adults. Adult body about 33–36–39 mm long. Average wingspan 60 mm; hindwings 26–28 mm long.

The eyes dorsally narrowly apposed to dorsally broadly contiguous; brown, or red (or reddish brown). The narrow black band at the base of the frons conspicuously continued for some distance down the inner sides of the eyes.

Thoracic antehumeral stripes present to absent (if detectable, less conspicuous than in some other dragonflies); brown (somewhat paler against the brown thorax). The wings spread more or less horizontally in repose; dissimilar in shape and venation; sessile; very briefly suffused with colour at their bases only. The tinting amber (or saffron). The inner wing venation (reddish-) brown. Discoidal cell divided longitudinally into a conspicuous triangle and supra-triangle. Antenodal veins in the forewings 6–8 (fewer in the hindwings). Pterostigma reddish brown, or red (ruddy, and black edged).

Abdomen linear from a conspicuously swollen base, or swollen both basally and distally and markedly constricted in between; 24–28 mm long; predominantly crimson red (in the male), or green, or yellow (olive-yellow, in the female); plain, or predominantly transversely banded, or complexly patterned (apart from median black dashes on segments 8 and 9 of both sexes, which are characteristic of the genus, males have lateral yellow spots on segments 2 and 3, and narrow yellow bands between the segments); without mid-dorsal spots. The male abdomen without auricles on segment 2; with a single inferior anal appendage.

Nymphs. The nymphs stout, the body expanded in the middle; when mature, 17–18 mm long.

The head in dorsal view markedly narrowing from immediately behind the eyes. The postocular lobes curving smoothly to the back of the head from immediately behind the eyes. The antennae 7 segmented. The mask having the prementum hollowed dorsally. The prementum bearing 28–30 major setae (14+14 to 15+15). The body of the labial palps bearing (10–)11(–12) major setae. Legs longer than the abdomen.

The abdomen terminating in five short spine-like appendages. The cerci no more than hald the length of the paraprocts. The abdomen with mid-dorsal spines (?); gizzard with 4–8 folds.

Adults on the wing early July to early September.

Classification. Anisoptera; family Libellulidae.

General comments. A very rare species, readily distinguishable from S. striolatum by the narrow black band at the base of the frons being continued down the inner sides of the eyes.
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Good sharpness, colourful, well DOF and nice frame too.

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  • batu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1059 W: 290 N: 3944] (13334)
  • [2006-11-04 10:12]

Hola Nicolas,
excellent point of view and composition. Nice colours and excellent sharpness just on the 'front' of the dragonfly. Background is a little distracting. Image processing to improve it willnot be easy due to the transparent wings of the dragonfly.
Best wishes, Peter

The picture stands out owing to sharp focus on the face of the dragonfly, Nicholas. The wide expanse of wings too is well covered within the frame.
Impressive POV and colours.
TFS.

Hola Nicolás, excelente composición, el enfoque muy bueno como es habitual en tu galería, enhorabuena. Un cordial saludo

Hello nicolas
Perfect focusing on head,
Great composition,nice
colors, Excellent

Regards
Fartash

Hi Nicolas,
I like this dragon - a pretty POV and good sharpness. They are so beautiful with the big eyes shining in the sun, thanks and bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • wuta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 856 W: 2 N: 617] (2142)
  • [2006-11-04 14:36]

Hello Nicolas , A Great shot from the dragonfly , beauty colours sharpnes pov details pose ,and bg ,tfs ,Greetings Teunie .

Hola amigo Nicolas,
I don't have enough time to write long sentences about this wonderful and very well captured, perfect photo, but I have to say that this is a superb one that I've seen on this site. Bravo and TFS.
Saludos
Fevzi

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  • ciccio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 227 W: 52 N: 337] (2721)
  • [2006-11-05 15:57]

Buenas Nicolas, vaya encuadre le has scado, esta de foco fenomenal. Buen POV y DOF. Un saludo

José Luis

Que tal Nicolás
Una pasada de retrato de este caballito, lo tiene todo, quizás el fondo distrae un poco pero en eso se podía hacer poca cosa.
Mis felicitaciones
Un saludo
Jorge

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