Friday, April 24, 2009

The Dragonflies have Emerged!

As you know I had been keeping dragonfly nymphs for our school project. A few of the dragonfly nymphs that I were keeping eventually emerged out as adult dragonflies very soon. I woke up one morning to hear a buzzing sound from one of the containers. Upon checking it out, it was an adult dragonfly. I did, however, manage to shoot the dragonfly before it flew away.
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I brought it to school by placing it inside a paper bag. Once I reached the CTW, I opened the bag and released it. It was too fast that I lost sight of the dragonfly as soon as it flew. Here's a shot of the moulted skin of the dragonfly nymph.
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Just a few days after the first, a second dragonfly emerged. This time, it was out of the container and flying around my room. Lucky the dragonfly didn't fly out. But it would not have been too bad if it did.
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A side view of the dragonfly that I took by placing the camera parallel to the wall.
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And finally another shot of the new dragonfly's moulted skin.
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I took this one too in a paper bag to school and released it near the School's CTW. So far a success.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey nice blog! saw your profile and you stated that youre interested in herpetology..well well well..looks like we have alot in common then! My passion is in the areas of herpetology and arachnology. I am currently a teacher and i started enjoying wildlife when i was your age.Keep up the good job!

Shawn said...

Hi,

Thanks for commenting on my blog. I really love wildlife, and yes, especially herptiles. Hope to become a wildlife photographer and researcher when I grow up. Thanks!

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Anonymous said...

Many thanks.

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