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Monday Morning Mystery 072610
Can anyone ID this shadowy dragonfly?
Clue below.
I think this is the same guy…
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Pay no attention to that odonate behind the curtain. It certainly doesn’t look like Frank Morgan. But perhaps the wizard behind the camera took a peek and saw that it resembles the other specimen, which seems to be a Ruby Meadowhawk, which species can only be differentiated from the Cherry-Faced Meadowhawk with the help of a 20x microscope, lest one be left taxonomically embarrassed and Red-Faced.
The initial mystery guy was obviously hiding, either from the coyote or the bear.
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Pay no attention to that odonate behind the curtain. It certainly doesn’t look like Frank Morgan. But perhaps the wizard behind the camera took a peek and saw that it resembles the other specimen, which seems to be a Ruby Meadowhawk, which species can only be differentiated from the Cherry-Faced Meadowhawk with the help of a 20x microscope, lest one be left taxonomically embarrassed and Red-Faced.
The initial mystery guy was obviously hiding, either from the coyote or the bear.