dragonfly season

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Kate Davies Designs
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One of the many delights of being out and about in the Scottish Highlands in June and July is the abundance of gloriously colourful dragonflies and damselflies. As we walked around Wester Ross last week, it was wonderful to see different species whizzing about in the warm air. Tom became particularly obsessed with the huge golden-ringed dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii) – Scotland’s largest dragonfly – of which we saw a great many. He took a few photographs of this remarkable beastie and I thought you’d like to see them.

Cordulegaster boltonii – Golden ringed dragonfly
wing
eyes
hairy snozzer.

More information at the British Dragonfly Society

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16 responses to “dragonfly season”

  1. sandy spaulding Avatar
    sandy spaulding

    WOW! What beautiful eyes you have, my dear!

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  2. Susan Benesch Avatar
    Susan Benesch

    Very special photos. Thank you Tom for taking these and to Kate for sharing.

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  3. Cynthia C Avatar
    Cynthia C

    Excellent photos!
    They bring up some very happy memories of sitting at my uncle’s farm in Saskatchewan, watching the dragonflies hunting mosquitos. We cheered every time they caught one. :D

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  4. Alicia Navia Avatar
    Alicia Navia

    Truly amazing , especially those delicately partitioned wings! And the vibrant color contrasts are spectacular as well. I see inspiraton for a garment celebrating those little ‘dragons’ and ‘damsels’. Thank you for sharing.

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  5. jemtext Avatar
    jemtext

    Great photos, thanks.

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  6. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    Amazing photos for an amazing creature. LOVE that Yellow face but those wings, truly gossamer.

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  7. Gretchen (aka stashdragon) Avatar
    Gretchen (aka stashdragon)

    Oh! Those close-up portraits!

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  8. Dee Jackson Avatar
    Dee Jackson

    So sorry – seem to have sent my previous email to you instead of the correct chum – put it down to old age!!

    Dee Jackson

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  9. Merinda Avatar
    Merinda

    Beautiful photos Tom. Norah Gaughan has a jumper design with a dragon fly, one on my to do list , in 40 Timeless Knits.

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  10. Felicity Ford Avatar
    Felicity Ford

    OMG LOOK AT THOSE EYES!!! So cool. And the wee hairy face… we get lots of Mayflies, Damselflies and Dragonflies down here around the canals as well – their presence is such a lovely sign of summer.

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  11. Elranor Avatar
    Elranor

    Amazing photographs. I love dragon flies. Hope that Bruce enjoyed his own special holiday. I think he deserves a potato. Our cats are on holiday because we have had the kitchen re done. They wouldn’t have liked the noise at all.

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  12. Meg Avatar
    Meg

    Gorgeous photos! Tom really brings this creature into a whole new realm of fascination. Thank you!

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  13. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    Thanks. I love watching dragonflies too.

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  14. PamB Avatar
    PamB

    Stunning!

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  15. CandyceJ Avatar
    CandyceJ

    Thank you! I’ve always loved Dragonflies but especially since we lived next door to a young boy. At the end of one summer we identified the dragonflies in the backyard. The next spring when we saw our first dragonflies and he looked up and said, “Look! Flying dragons !”

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  16. Sharon Avatar
    Sharon

    That is one awesome dragonfly. Well done, Tom, for getting it to pose for you!

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