Stream Bluet
Enallagma exsulans |
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The Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans) occurs across most of the eastern United States. Its relatively long, slender abdomen is distinctive in the field. The first shot of a male shown here was taken along Montell Creek in Uvalde Co., Texas, in May, 2003, with a Canon 10D and an EF 70-200mm F/2.8 L IS lens and 1.4X extender. The next shot, of another male was taken in Bremer Co., Iowa, in July, 2004, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender. | |
The male shown here was at Fort Clark Springs, Kinney Co., Texas in September, 2004. The image was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 180 mm F/3.5 macro lens with a 2X extender and 550 EX flash. The next shot, of a female, was taken in Utopia, Uvalde Co., Texas, in May, 2005, with the same equipment. | |
The female shown here was near Hunt, Kerr Co., Texas, in October, 2004. This image was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender. | |
The next 2 shots of a pair of Stream Bluets in copula were taken in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in June, 2009, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash. | |
The next 2 shots of a pair of Stream Bluets was were taken in Jermyn, Lackawanna Co., Pennsylvania, in July, 2009. These 2 shots were taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III and an EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash. | |
The male Stream Bluet shown here was in Washington Co., Maine, in August, 2009. This shot was taken with the same gear described previously. | |
The male Stream Bluet shown here was at the same spot as the one just previous, but a year later, in June, 2010. A Canon EOS 1D Mark III and an EF 300mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender and 580 flash was used to take this shot. | |
Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans male Arcadia Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas 15 May 2013 |
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