Tuesday, August 26, 2008

It's a dog eat dog world - or is that dragonfly eat dragonfly?

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Carnivorous dragonflies? I never knew!

25 comments:

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  2. Hmmm....I guess even dragonflies have their moments! Great photo, Lisa.

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  3. how on earth do you catch all these once in a life tim shots!!!
    I guess it didn't wanna share it's plant!!

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  4. Wow! I thought they ate mosquitos! Spectacular shots!

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  5. That's really something...and some great shots of that something!

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  6. Oh man...I wonder what that poor dragonfly did to tick off the other one, lol. Great shots!

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  7. That is a brilliant photo! Great shot! You really captured it good.

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  8. Wow what a superb capture. I didn't realise they were cannibals but live an learn. Happy WW

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  9. lovely catch for WW! Have a great Wednesday!

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  10. I can never, ever get a dragonfly to sit still long enough for me to get a picture of it! How do you do it??? I wonder if the one doing the eating is a female, and her victim her mate...a la spiders? Interesting...

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  11. Oh my! I will never look upon the dragonflies in my yard quite the same way again.

    Great, great shots!

    Happy WW!

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  12. I knew they ate mosquitoes, but each other?
    Great series!
    Thanks for stopping by!
    -Mojo

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  13. Ick... It looks like a little fella, too... I wonder if it's eating it's own babe? Great pictures as always!

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  14. Yep - dog eat dog, bird eat bird, and dragonfly has a damselfly meal. They are omnivores...
    Life's tough if you're a critter! :)
    Cheers, Klaus

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  15. Yikes! I certainly didn't know that! Great pics.

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  16. Looks like the strong, or large, survive in the Dragonfly World.

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  17. Yikes! But the pictures are wonderful!

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  18. Beautiful nature shots. Dragonflies are so magical! And hungry too I guess.

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  19. I love dragonfly photos, especially yours! Great job as usual! You are one rocking photographer!

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  20. Whoa...

    Well, I guess even humans sometimes get that hungry ;)

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  21. huh? I never knew that either! It's so nice to learn something new every day! =)

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  22. Nor did I ... How fascinating!
    Hugs and blessings,

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  23. I could be wrong here, but don't female dragonflies slay the male after he mates with her and perhaps eats him too. I know some women like that. Okay, not really, I just thought it was a funny thing to say. Great shots.

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