{"id":1129,"date":"2008-05-11T00:05:46","date_gmt":"2008-05-10T23:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1129"},"modified":"2013-11-20T21:57:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T21:57:56","slug":"from-beast-to-beauty-damselfly-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/from-beast-to-beauty-damselfly-special\/","title":{"rendered":"From beast to beauty (damselfly special)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->My previous entry ended with a photo of two of the pond&#39;s great predators side by side: a newt and a damselfly nymph. Today&#39;s entry reverses yesterday&#39;s theme and moves from the beast to the beauty. Or to put in another way: meet the damselfly. I&#39;ll start with the &#39;beast&#39;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/slides\/nymph_exuvia_0605086860.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/nymph_exuvia_0605086860.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Discarded nymph exuvia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/slides\/damselfly_exuvia_0705086902_crop.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/damselfly_exuvia_0705086902_crop.jpg\" width=\"392\" height=\"694\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Damselfly emerging.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/slides\/damselfly_1005087429.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/damselfly_1005087429.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Azure damselfly. Note the numerous discarded exuvia on the plant.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/slides\/red-damselfly_1005087483.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/red-damselfly_1005087483.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Large red damsels mating.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/slides\/red-damselfly_1005087623.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/red-damselfly_1005087623.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Close-up of female mating<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/slides\/red-damselfly_1005087480.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/red-damselfly_1005087480.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Large reds again<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The explosion in numbers this year is something of a surprise. In previous years I&#39;ve seen the occasional damsel (and dragonfly) in the garden, but only sporadically. At one time today I counted 9 reds hovering over the pond, and in this next shot there are four azures (the rear two are out of focus).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/slides\/azure_damselfly_1005087395.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img SRC=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/azure_damselfly_1005087395.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><span class=\"aligncenter\">Azure damselflies and exuvia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are several more shots in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/fox\/damsel\/album\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Damselfly album<\/a> on my main site.<\/p>\n<p><i>Camera note: photos 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were taken with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens. Shots 2 and 7 were with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. 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