Facinating! I've never seen a dragonfly with huge antenna like this.
I wish I could have gotten a few more pictures. I was photographing something else whenthis landed on the door sill next to me. I got one shot off before it split.
about 8cm long
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 15th May 2013
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Micro-Nikkor 105mm
May 22 2011
Just move a few inches and get a green background here, also a different pose
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 12th May 2013
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Micro-Nikkor 105mm
Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens, 1836), Hellerup, Denmark, 4 May 2013
Location: Makunda Christian Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam
Date: 2nd May 2013
Equipment: Nikon D300s with Micro-Nikkor 105mm
Chrysoperla sp. (I think Chrysoperla rufilabris). Not certain of species id. Spotted in Austin, TX.
Shot through a back window at night.
The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order contains some 4,000 species. Traditionally, the group that was once known as Planipennia, with the Neuroptera at that time also including alderflies, fishflies, dobsonflies and snakeflies, but these are now generally considered to be separate orders (the Megaloptera and Raphidioptera). Sometimes the name Neuropterida is used to refer to these three orders as a group. This is either placed...
