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This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

September 7, 2010
At Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

It gets me how mechanical the thorax looks, of this female Eastern Pondhawk. The wings look as if they're attached with green hardware, with the rough edges showing. The sheer greenness of this dragonfly gets me, too, the powerhouse section and the front of the face.

Eastern Pondhawk
Photo copyright 2010 Michael and Diane Porter

—Diane Porter

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A Field and Finding Guide to Dragonflies of North America.

Dragonfly BookThis book helps to identify the 300-plus species of dragonflies found in the United States and Canada.

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And for a closer look at dragonflies...

If your interest in dragonflies is serious, you might want to get some nice binoculars. Like a Vortex Diamondback.

Vortex DiamondbackIt has good optical quality. Its unusually wide field of view makes it easy to keep a darting dragonfly in sight. And because it focuses as close as 4-1/2 feet, you can study the details up close.

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