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Pacific Spiketail - Cordulegaster dorsalis
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Pacific Spiketail - Cordulegaster dorsalis
Butterfly Valley, Plumas County, California, USA
June 28, 2006
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Contributed by tom murray on 15 July, 2006 - 10:02pm

Nice shot!
How did you ever get him to land? We watched one for a half hour flying up and down the same little wet ditch along a road and he never stopped once!
… john and jane balaban, 15 July, 2006 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
I got lucky
and spotted this one hanging from the branches before I got too close. Then I took a few pictures from 10 feet away with a telephoto lens. When I tried getting closer for the macro lens, it flew off.
… tom murray, 15 July, 2006 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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