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  1. Insects and Spiders

Dragonflies and Damselflies

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  • Female Red-tailed Pennant Dragonfly

    Female Red-tailed Pennant Dragonfly

  • Familiar Bluet Damselfly

    Familiar Bluet Damselfly

  • Female California Dancer Damselfly

    Female California Dancer Damselfly

  • Flame Skimmer dragonfly

    Flame Skimmer dragonfly

  • California Darner

    California Darner

  • Blue-eyed Darner

    Blue-eyed Darner

  • Variegated Meadowhawk

    Variegated Meadowhawk

  • Mating Pacific Forktail Damselflies

    Mating Pacific Forktail Damselflies

  • Red-veined Meadowhawk

    Red-veined Meadowhawk

  • Red-veined Meadowhawk

    Red-veined Meadowhawk

  • Cardinal Meadowhawk

    Cardinal Meadowhawk

  • Mating Cardinal Meadowhawk dragonflies - the so-called "wheel" position. Male on the left.  As a preliminary to copulation, the male must transfer sperm from further back on its abdomen to a position where it can be reached by the female.

    Mating Cardinal Meadowhawk dragonflies - the so-called "wheel" position. Male on the left. As a preliminary to copulation, the male must transfer sperm from further back on its abdomen to a position where it can be reached by the female.

  • Male Eight-Spotted Skimmer

    Male Eight-Spotted Skimmer

  • Shadow Darner flying over the lower pond.

    Shadow Darner flying over the lower pond.

  • Blue-eyed Darner

    Blue-eyed Darner

  • Blue-eyed Darner

    Blue-eyed Darner

  • Cardinal Meadowhawks engaged in pre-mating behavior over the upper pond.  The male is in front.  The position is called "in-tandem."

    Cardinal Meadowhawks engaged in pre-mating behavior over the upper pond. The male is in front. The position is called "in-tandem."

  • Months of grueling yoga lessons finally pay off.

    Months of grueling yoga lessons finally pay off.

  • Cardinal Meadowhawk

    Cardinal Meadowhawk

  • Pacific Forktail

    Pacific Forktail

  • Eight-spotted Skimmer

    Eight-spotted Skimmer

  • Tuel Bluet Damselfly.

    Tuel Bluet Damselfly.

  • California Darner

    California Darner

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