Welcome back everyone! Still busy as hell around her at LifeIntrigued. I have a half marathon race tomorrow in a creepy cemetery, Halloween is just around the corner and my basement is “finish me” shaming me every time I go down there. Luckily almost all the materials have arrived to finish out the trim in the basement, so hoping to get through most of that this weekend barring any issues with the run tomorrow night. Making some progress on the decorations but still a lot to do there .. not likely to get to everything I was hoping to have done, but it should be another good display with what appears to be in my means. Of course, if that isn’t enough, I have blog quota demands to deal with as well – so far those have not been writing themselves, so let’s get to today’s feature.
When it comes to Dragonflies, they really do not get much cooler looking that the one above. Well, except for the one below, but we’ll get to that in a second. Decided it was time to get this post out there. I’ve been sitting on these red dragons for a while now. It occurred to me that they themed well together because they are both Dragons, and well… they both feature the color red – albeit the one above is more of an orange than a red. One thing about them is they were shot in completely different locations. The one above I believe is called a Flame Skimmer. As with all posts on this site, corrections, confirmations, complaints are always welcome in the comments. This particular Flame was located at Red Rocks Canyon near Las Vegas Nevada. There have been a number of posts for this particular site on this blog due to its huge diversity in photography options. Linda enjoys taking shots of the gorgeous red hues in the rock terrain and I spend my times hunting for anything that moves on the ground, in the air and guessing water if they actually had any water there. I mention the latter because ironically, this particular dragonfly prefers hanging out near water supplies such as hot spring out in the Southwest. Note as a unique trait, the Flamer doesn’t actually seek out prey. They basically hang out around the house waiting for the food delivery guy to pull up and hand them dinner. A good life if you can get it I guess.
The dragon above has to be my favorite so far. The deep red body accentuated by the orange tinted wings and the gorgeous red pattern on the lower abs and tail. Going off of images my brother Ron sent me and some quick searches on the internet, this appears to be a Red Saddlebag. The only thing that leaves a bit of question on that is this one has a very distinct red pattern on the back. The reference images I see have a much more blotchy red coloring – what do you think?
Hit the jump to see a couple more shots