Sunday, April 14, 2013

Golden Dragonfly

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Dragonfly

Insect

A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Anisoptera

Rank: Infraorder

Higher classification: Epiprocta

Lower classifications: Aeshnidae
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14 comments:

  1. Beautiful shots, very nice color & tone.

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  2. I have never seen a golden dragonfly! How beautiful!

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  3. Thanks for the visit and lovely comments..

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  4. Awesome! Someday I hope to take macros this nice. Thanks for stopping by. :O)

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  5. Lovely colors. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  7. Amazing!!! Such a delicate little insect...living calmly in our immense and struggling universe!

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  8. As good as any insect anatomy that I've ever seen. Would make a great fantasy pic. Peace.

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