{"id":114113,"date":"2023-07-04T04:39:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T10:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=114113"},"modified":"2023-07-07T03:25:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T09:25:03","slug":"female-and-male-common-whitetail-dragonfly-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/07\/04\/female-and-male-common-whitetail-dragonfly-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Female And Male Common Whitetail Dragonfly Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, while visiting Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge<\/span><\/a> in Oklahoma, I was able to take quite a few female and male Common Whitetail dragonfly photos. This dragonfly species seemed to be everywhere I looked at the refuge.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale Common Whitetail dragonfly on a fallen tree \u2013 Canon R7, f8, 1\/1000, ISO 320, -0.3 EV, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500m, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I had photographed this species in Virginia in 2019<\/span><\/a> using my cell phone. These are my images that I took using the mirrorless Canon R7 that my friend Steve Creek<\/span><\/a> lent me while I was visiting him.<\/p>\n

This female Common Whitetail dragonfly posed in the soft morning light on a decaying, fallen tree trunk at the refuge. She looked so pretty that I couldn’t resist taking photos of her.<\/p>\n

\"MaleMale Common Whitetail dragonfly on a fallen tree \u2013 Canon R7, f8, 1\/800, ISO 640, Canon RF 100-500mm at 500m, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I also found several males on other decomposing tree trunks on the refuge that I knew I wanted images of too. When observing the males, it is easy to see how they got their name because of their bright white tails.<\/p>\n

Common Whitetail dragonflies are found across much of North America. iNaturalist<\/span><\/a> lists them as “critically imperiled” in Utah, which may be why I’ve never photographed them here.<\/p>\n

These Common Whitetail dragonflies, like other dragonflies and damselflies, consume mosquitoes and other small flying insects. Anything that eats those blood-sucking mosquitoes is wonderful, in my opinion.<\/p>\n

It was terrific to see so many of these and other dragonfly species at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in flight, feeding, and resting. I truly enjoyed observing them all.<\/p>\n

Happy 4th of July.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my insect and spider photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month, while visiting Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, I was able to take quite a few female and male Common Whitetail dragonfly photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9974,13973,13974],"tags":[4004,13985,13984,9971,14086,5366,2204,14087,4070,4062,2558,9970,165,4427],"class_list":["post-114113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-common-whitetail","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-adult","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forests","tag-bottomlands","tag-common-whitetail","tag-common-whitetail-dragonfly","tag-dragonflies","tag-dragonfly","tag-fallen","tag-female","tag-male","tag-odonata","tag-plathemis-lydia","tag-spring","tag-tree"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t