A Damsel, Dragon, Bee and a Spider

[Joe_T]

All were taken at Tanglewood Park, Clemmons, NC and all with OM-1 and 100-400.

#1 is just an uncropped shot just to show how tiny the damselfly appeared to me when I first spotted it moving. It is the view through the camera and lens at a focal length of 138 mm.

#2 is the same damselfly but a different shot than #1 and used the "in camera Digital 2.0x Teleconverter" and has been cropped and post processed. I have no idea what type of damsel it is other than it is probably one from the Bluet family.

#3 is Little Blue Dasher Dragonfly and I saw quite a few of them yesterday.

#4 is just a tiny Bee on some white flowers. Again I have no ID for the Bee or the flowers. This is the only shot of the 5 that I could have taken with a macro lens if I had one with me as I could have taken it standing up. All the others would have required me to get down on my hands and knees and that is easier said than done.

# 5 is a tiny Jumping Spider that I thought was just an ant when I first spotted it. It kept ducking under leaves and grass and didn't want to have his picture taken.

[Harold Gough]

The Damsel is Lestidae, which includes our Demoiselles.The striped eyes should help to identify it.

I think the "bee" is more likely a wasp.

Harold

[Joe_T]

Thanks for the ID Harold and the articles you linked in my previous post.