Refueling Dragonflies
by Peggy Franz
Title
Refueling Dragonflies
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Peggy Franz
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Photograph - Photography/drangonflies
Description
I was visited by this funny little guys while fishing. They came up on me just like they just did not care if they had a audience. Some interesting information.The dragonflys agile flight and its ability to move in all six directions exude a sense of power and poise - something that comes only with age and maturity. The dragonfly can move at an amazing 45 miles an hour, hover like a helicopter fly backwards like a hummingbird, fly straight up, down and on either side. What is mind blowing is the fact that it can do this while flapping its wings a mere 30 times a minute while mosquitoes and houseflies need to flap their wings 600 and 1000 times a minute respectively.I am amazed at these little insects. They are just amazing to sit and watch the behavior.
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July 11th, 2013
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JOHN TELFER
Peggy, Fantastic capture of this remarkable dragonfly, love the way you have captured this tiny fly and captured all of his details and surrounding area. Remarkable photo, fav, voted and google promoted
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