Sunday, July 10, 2011

Clubtail dragons

Gomphidae, or clubtails, are my favorite type of dragonflies. Many have wide club type tips to their abdomen, thus their common name clubtail, however not all clubtails have a club. What distinguishes Gomphidae, clubtails and snaketails, from the other dragons is that they are the only dragonfly family who have their eyes separated. It is easy to see in the macro of a cobra clubtail face above that it is a member of the Gomphidae family.

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7 comments:

  1. CarolJuly 10, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    My want big eyes it has :)

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  2. Frostbite and SunburnJuly 11, 2011 at 12:01 AM

    OK - so I'm not so sure about that one. I'm glad someone loves him. LOL

    Great photo though!

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  3. BarbaraJuly 11, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    Great capture!

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  4. KaHollyJuly 11, 2011 at 3:52 AM

    What an incredible capture!! It's easy to see how movie makers get their ideas for monster characters!

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  5. B i r g i t t aJuly 11, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    I love details like here :)

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  6. SusanJuly 11, 2011 at 7:22 AM

    Great macro! You do the best things with dragonfly photos!

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  7. EMilyJuly 11, 2011 at 9:42 AM

    Wow..what a great macro shot!

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