Description
Damselflies are usually hard to identify, unless one has them in hand to study minute features. Fortunately some, such as this American Rubyspot, can be identified easily, as it is one of two species with a bright red rubyspot at the base of its wings. The other species, Smoky Rubyspot, is similar but much rarer.
These two damselfly species are inhabitants of high quality, slow-moving rivers where there is vegetation overhanging the river edges.
Taken By
Allen Woodliffe
Taken On
September 11, 2015
Tagged
'american
rubyspot'
'damselfly'
'invertebrate'
'sydenham
river'
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Focal:
400
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Shutter speed:
0.0025
sec
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Aperture: f/
11
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ISO: 1600
