I couldn’t help but notice Friday at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge how closely the green on the body of this Eastern Pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) matched the color of the vegetation on which it chose to perch. It won’t be long before pondhawks are all around us, but it was still nice to spot my first one of the season.
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Well, blow me down! that colour-match is so close I thought the body was transparent for a fraction of a second! Isn’t it amazing?
I knew at the time of the shot that the colors were similar, but when I brought the image up on my computer screen, I realized that it was an almost perfect match. What a cool coincidence!
Its very cool Mike! Very impressive!
Wow – I would never catch that one in the wild.
That’s some impressive camouflage.
Benjamin said : “The dragonfly is playing hide and seek on the leaf.” He likes the name too. A very amazing photo. Thank-you, Mr. Mike!!
Wow! What a cool thing to capture in a photo.
Very well camouflaged!