Britain’S Biggest Dragonfly

[Zacs-Master]

Took this on a walk in Scotland, yesterday.
https://ibb.co/HNFV7JW

Golden Ringed Dragonfly.

[1ozzy]

Cool looking bug, but, you needed a banana for scale ;-/

[Mamyalynne]

Superb shot Zacs.

[Zacs-Master]

1ozzy. Didn’t have one handy ;-)
Mamya. Thanks.

[10ClarionSt]

Great photo. I agree with ozzy. A sense of scale would have been good but still a great photo.

[Lie-in King]

Excellent shot, Zacs :-)

[gness]

That's a beautiful shot, Zacs....well done!

Remember to take a banana with you next time....then when you put it beside the dragonfly you'll have a great shot of.......well just the banana...... ;-)

[ladybirder]

Zoom right in on it if you haven't already done so. Its wings are just so incredibly beautiful. Thanks Zacs. Made my day.

[gness]

I did,LB and the wings are beautiful......just like very fine hairpin lace...x

[albaqwerty]

wow!! great photo

[Eleena]

I’m not a fan of dragonfly’s, but a brilliant photo. How long would you say it was?

[Mamyalynne]

Males measure about 74mm.

[shoota]

Male Dragonflies...


:-)

[Lie-in King]

Well, they *say* they're 74mm ;-)

[Zacs-Master]

Yep, it was about 70mm long. Thanks for all the nice comments.

[wolf63]

Where in Scotland? Frankie and I are in Perth.

Frankie has eaten all the Spiders in the flat and the Dragonfly might be an acceptable dessert. Unless it's big - he gets scared easily.

[Zacs-Master]

Up near Poolewe, wolf. About 3 hrs drive from Perth. ;-)

[wolf63]

I've never heard of Poolewe before.

Enjoy your holiday, pity the Orange blob in he sky is not in full Summer mode yet.
:-)

[Zacs-Master]

Ta, wolf. Was beautiful yesterday. Bit overcast today but getting brighter.

[marval]

Lovely photo Zacs.

[Caran]

Many years ago when I lived near Rochdale I was watching something going on in the square near the town hall. An enormous dragonfly flew by. It came back and landed on my nose!
It stayed there for a while, I didn't move, some people took photos. It eventually flew off.