A dragonfly gets a new set of wings....

While at the cottage last week I came across a dragonfly that just emerged from its old shell and saw the new wings form. Unfortunately it was raining hard, otherwise I would have set my camera up on a tripod for time-lapse photography.

Here's the best pics I could get considering the horrible weather. In the first pic, you see how the wings were all crumpled, wet and soft. In the second pic, as the wings dried they actually looked like stained glass. As they dried even more in the third picture they formed perfectly ( changed the background colour in the third pic to show more detail).

Pretty cool! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...onflyWings.jpg

WOWOWOWOWOOOOOOWWWWW! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

That is so cool! And you saw it happen in real life! That cabin is sounding nicer and nicer!

Thanks for sharing the pictures!

how cool!! :D

That's really cool. Nature is really amazing. Thanks for sharing! :)

Those are so amazing!!!!! GREAT pics!

Never seen pictures like that! You could specialize in natur documentation :)

I didn't even know that dragonflies did that!!!!! :o Wow!!!! What a great series of pictures!!!!!

Ah, I'm so jealous! You are my photographic hero at Pet Talk, for sure. Please, please, give me tips! And, what kind of camera do you use again?

Very interesting to watch. Great pictures. Thanks for posting them. :)

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Originally Posted by Logan

I didn't even know that dragonflies did that!!!!! :o Wow!!!! What a great series of pictures!!!!!

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Ditto, awesome. Really cool.

I too, did not know that dragonflies shed their old shell and I've been fascinated by them since I was a child. Very cool photos!!!

GREAT pictures!! :eek: You are a great photographer!! That is so amazing!