Two flies a dancing

[teokf]

I would appreciate it if anyone who knows the ID of these two flies could identify them. They are much smaller than the dragon fly.

[VR8]

Super stuff.

Victor Rakmil http://www.rakmilphotgraphy.com

[bhurley]

Even though they're "much smaller" than dragonflies, they still look like small dragonflies to me, and don't look like damselflies. When you say "much smaller" do you mean they're less than an inch long?

[teokf]

Super stuff.

Victor Rakmil http://www.rakmilphotgraphy.com

thanks for the compliment

[teokf]

Even though they're "much smaller" than dragonflies, they still look like small dragonflies to me, and don't look like damselflies. When you say "much smaller" do you mean they're less than an inch long?

Brad, they are under an inch in comparison to the bigger ones even though they do look like a dragonfly. This is their mating ritual.

[DanK]

Steven,

Nice shot. The easiest ways to differentiate dragonflies from damselflies, I think, are wing position at rest (no help in this shot, but dragons hold their wings perpendicular to their bodies, while damsels hold them back against their bodies), and very different head and eye shapes. I'll post one of each.

Dan

Damsel:



Dragon:

[teokf]

thanks Dan