Friday 20 August 2010

Friday at the Flicks (Wings over the Garden Pond)

First the Blue-tailed Damselflies. One thing I learned here - don't have the Sun behind you when filming as they reflect so much light back. First a male with its lunch then several views of a female egg laying.



 Next the Common Darter Dragonfly which seems to visit for a short while each day. Here it is resting on a planter. Twice it seems to be about to take off and changes its mind. Fascinating the way its body is pulsating all the time. As always it is constantly on the lookout for danger and food.



Finally the Empid Fly hoovering the lily pad. It seems to use its front legs to feel for and sweep anything edible under that flexible proboscis.



 Have a great weekend observing the wildlife around your patch.

12 comments:

  1. Thanks for these John. Set me up for the drive north. The empid is my favourite.

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  2. Hello Adrian. I find it fascinating the way the Empid moves, especially the way it uses its front legs.

    Have a safe journey.

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  3. Good Morning, John. Thanks for sharing this fascaintaing footage. Unexpectedly, I too found the Empid my favourite for today. Flies are something I don't tend to pay attention to. I will now. I'll watch out for an Empid :-)

    Thanks, wishing you a great weekend too.

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  4. Looking at those damselflies, you wouldn't think that their tails would bend like that. They just look like stiff little sticks! Amazing pictures John.

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  5. Fascinating once again, John, to see the insect world going about its daily business! Watching your videos helps me to observe nature's creatures around here in a whole new way. Thanks :) Glad to see the hoover fly tidying up the pad ;)

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  6. Hello Shirl. I always thought of flies only as a nuisance but when observed close up some are fascinating. Before long you will have you own pond visitors to look out for.

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  7. Thank you Matron. I was surprised the first time I saw just how much a damsel can bend its body.

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  8. Hello Glo. It is only when I can zoom in on flies and such that I see a whole new world of activities - almost persuades me to buy a really good camcorder but the ones I would like still use tape which is far less convenient in this solid state world.

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  9. Fascinating videos John, especially the damselfly egg laying.

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  10. Thank you Keith. That is something I've been trying to capture for a couple of years.

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  11. Great macro videos of the "Wings over Garden Pond". Fascinating.

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  12. Thank you Wilma. I never know what will turn up and only see the detail once the clips have been put on the computer.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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