My 50th entry in this blog is a photograph of a dragonfly – species unknown – perched on a chimney pot.
You might think it’s not the most stunning dragonfly you’ve ever seen – it isn’t flourescent blue or red. But click on the thumbnail and view the full size photo. Zoom in and examine the wings. See the rows of squares, pentagons and hexagons – just how symetrical are the opposites? Nothing’s perfect, but nature’s flight engineers have been working on this one for some time.
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Andy Roberts is a writer who initiated DARnet. Contact me on aroberts@gmail.com or @aroberts on twitter
I was pleased to receive an email on 7th September from Andy Brazil informing me that this is almost certainly a photo of an immature common darter (sympetrum striolatum).