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skidivur Marysville, WA Aug 12, 2006

Dont know proper name for this.

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skidivur Marysville, WA Aug 12, 2006

But it sure is RED

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skidivur Marysville, WA Aug 12, 2006

My, what BIG EYES you have my dear

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 12, 2006

I think you have a male Cardinal Meadowhawk - Sympetrum illotum http://bugguide.net/node/view/55516/bgimage

Ken

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skidivur Marysville, WA Aug 13, 2006

KENNEDYH,
G'day, and THANK YOU MATE, for the GREAT call on ID. :) Whats his fascination with the ball on the end of the radio antenna. I scared him off about four or five times, but he would just make a big circle and return and land on the antenna ball. Looked like he was trying to root it, lol, fair dinkum.

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frogsrus San Diego, CA(Zone 10a) Aug 14, 2006

I love these guys. I put bamboo sticks in my garden for them to light upon every year. In the morning, there will be one dragonfly per stick. (The first time DH saw me putting sticks in the grden, he thought I was crazy. He thinks that a great deal of the time Lol.) They like high clear spots on which to sit. I have had alot of damsel flys this year too. I have a creek behind me so they wander up from there to enjoy the garden. Even the king hummer does not mess with them.

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