Married With Children Dragonflies Mating Wildlife Art
by Reid Callaway
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Married With Children Dragonflies Mating Wildlife Art
Artist
Reid Callaway
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Married With Children.......By Reid Callaway
Dragonflies Mating Wildlife Art
These are the biggest and most colorful dragonflies I have ever photographed. The water was clear and the sun was bright that day as they posed for me as I captured them with a Canon 300mm lens. The Lord knew I wanted a mating pair like this and they stayed close by for more than 100 images as they moved around a small pond posing for me. To God be All the Glory!
Dragonfly young (nymphs) have a special appendage on their head that they use as a spear to catch small fish. They are predatory insects from birth. Dragonflies are not born with wings. They are born in a larvae state and eventually go through a partial metamorphosis process, during which they grow their wings. Dragonflies spend most of their lives in the larva stage (up to three years, depending on the species). The adult, winged stage only lasts a few weeks. Mating is the primary reason for their winged stage. So when you see a winged dragonfly, you know it's toward the end of its lifespan. Dragonflies prey on other creatures through their entire life cycle. As larva in bodies of water, they prey on other small creatures (mosquito larva, tiny fish, etc.). As adults, they eat other flying insects. Dragonflies can be useful in controlling mosquito populations. Mosquitoes are one of their primary food sources! One of the most distinguishing features of dragonflies are their eyes. They have large, compound eyes with many facets or sides. Because of their large, multifaceted eyes, the adult dragonfly can see nearly 360 degrees around it at all times. Though you can't see them all with the naked eye, the compound eyes of the dragonfly can contain thousands of tiny lenses. As far as insects go, dragonflies are among the fastest. Some of the faster species can fly upward of 30 miles per hour. Their four wings also allow them to move sideways, backward, to hover in place, etc. And they can do all of these movements quickly and accurately, which makes them well suited to eat other insects right out of the air.
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June 22nd, 2013
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Nader Rangidan for featuring my artwork in our group.... Fine Art America Professionals! 😎
Reid Callaway
Thank you Ivica Stepic for enjoying my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 5/19/2021
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Thank you Michell for admiring my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 10/8/2020
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Thank you Starving Artist for featuring my artwork in our group... Starving Artist Photography! 8/28/2019
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Thank you Michelle Meenawong for admiring my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 7/12/2019
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Thank you Luther Fine Art for appreciating my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 3/30/2019
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit.
Reid Callaway
Thank you Alexander Vinogradov for admiring my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 2/28/2019
Reid Callaway
Thank you Janis Vaiba for featuring my artwork in our group.... Just perfect! 2/26/2019
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Thank you Beverley Guilliams for appreciating my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 2/25/2019
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Thank you Nicklas Gustrafsson for admiring my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 2/26/2019
Reid Callaway
Thank you 'REA' Gallery for the "Special" nomination and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 2/26/2019
Reid Callaway
Thank you Christopher James for Special Featuring #11 of my artwork in our group.....1000 Views! 2/26/2019
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #11 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.
Beverly Guilliams
Reid: Fantastic image,detail and color....Blessings...Nominating this Beauty into the 1000 Views,Group ...v./f./tweet