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<\/a>\nThis is a male Eboney Jewelwing. I love their turquoise\/emerald colouring and smoky wings.<\/em><\/p>\n
Ebony Jewelwings are one of my favourite damselflies. They often perch and watch for prey to come close then fly out to catch it. This habit makes them easy to see, admire and photograph.<\/p>\n
Info on the internet<\/strong><\/a> says that these damselflies lay their eggs in submerged vegetation. So these ones will have to fly a fair distance if they want to breed: There is no standing or running water in Winston Woods park.<\/p>\n Ebony Jewelwings over-winter as underwater naiads.<\/p>\n No one knows yet if Calico Pennants migrate or even fly in large numbers towards new territories but it’s possible<\/strong><\/a>. I was just happy to see this one along my local trail recently.<\/p>\n Another dragonfly that might<\/em> migrate or might not, is the Blue Dasher.<\/p>\n I agree this dragonfly does not look “blue.” Dragonflies are like some birds: they have different colouring for males, females, and immatures. It makes it challenging for beginners like me to tell them apart.<\/p>\n One of the first dragonflies I see each year is a local resident. Common Whitetails are not migratory. They overwinter as naiads and emerge in the spring.<\/p>\n I tend to see more ‘adolescents” along my trail than mature males or females. I wonder if they move closer to water when they are older?<\/p>\n I have not yet figured out which kind this colourful Damselfly is. That’s ok because I enjoy just looking at them.<\/p>\n I’m quite sure it will mature, find a partner, and make more beauty whether or not I can name it!<\/p>\n Related Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Join In<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A few dragonflies, wings glinting in the sunlight, brighten my walks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[189,912,911,581,388,417],"class_list":["post-9209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insects","category-rambles","tag-black-saddlebags","tag-blue-dasher","tag-calico-pennant","tag-common-whitetail","tag-damselfly","tag-ebony-jewelwing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9209"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9235,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209\/revisions\/9235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nThis is a female Ebony Jewelwing. Females have white bars near the tips of their dark wings.<\/em><\/p>\nCalico Pennants Arrive with Flags Flying<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nOn Dasher !<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nCommon Whitetails Emerge Early<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nNot Done With Damsels<\/h2>\n
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\nDo you have a favourite Damsel or Dragon? Please share your views with a comment.<\/p>\n