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Hey, I love dragonflies (frogs, butterflies, birds, etc. ... you get the idea) and was watching those jumbo dragonflies all morning around my ponds, but those suckers never seem to land! I wanted a pic so bad, I was doing point and shoots to see if I could get one in mid air!
Well, lo and behold, one did land, but that was just the beginning of the fun. I spotted a mated pair flying tandem and grabbed my camera. After about 30 pics and 8 videos, this is the best of the videos, of course the last one I took. It's two pairs laying eggs in my lilies in the koi pond, only about 12-18" apart from each other! How cool is that??!!! Only bad thing is I read that they reach under the water, slit the stem, and deposit the eggs in the stem. I have a feeling this may be part of my lily problem this year.
I think I have the YouTube video done correctly, looks like it's set to "public" so should be visible. Enjoy!
Well, lo and behold, one did land, but that was just the beginning of the fun. I spotted a mated pair flying tandem and grabbed my camera. After about 30 pics and 8 videos, this is the best of the videos, of course the last one I took. It's two pairs laying eggs in my lilies in the koi pond, only about 12-18" apart from each other! How cool is that??!!! Only bad thing is I read that they reach under the water, slit the stem, and deposit the eggs in the stem. I have a feeling this may be part of my lily problem this year.
I think I have the YouTube video done correctly, looks like it's set to "public" so should be visible. Enjoy!
