Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Swift Dispatch

Pachydiplax longipennisThis Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) gobbled his fly prey up with startling swiftness.

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2 responses to “Swift Dispatch”

  1. Edward Olivera

    Amazing photo!

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    1. mthew

      Thanks, Edward. This is one of those cases where I couldn’t actually see this detail w/o the telephoto lens. I was justing shooting another Blue Dasher, probably our most common dragonfly — but not seen in the huge numbers of last year’s boom — and got lucky.

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