Marshland Flower Pictures are Here
Marshland Flower Pictures are Here |
This page features the "bug" pictures from the Marshland, 3/2008. The Marshland Flower page has a bee not shown here, though.
All this info paraphrased from Gil! Very likely Dolomedes triton, the Six-spotted Fishing Spider which is found over the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. Family Pisauridae (the "nursery web spiders"), Genus Dolomedes, of which there are 15 quite similar species in the United States. It matches the appearance of the six-spotted fishing spider in my "Spiders and Their Kin" book, also.
Gil: The dragonfly is a Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis, it is widespread throughout North America. Your photograph shows a mature female, which resembles the male but has reddish-brown eyes.
Dragonfly: Nikon 300mm F4 ED lens! Hand-held, 1/350s at f7.1. Spider, same lens, 1/350 at f10.
1/500s, hand-held, f8, ISO500, Nikon D200, Nikon 300mm f4 ED lens, from 4/11/2008.
No ID on the Damselfly, I believe it just emerged/hatched, and is perched there to allow its exoskeleton to harden. Gil noted: I suspect when you photographed it, it had just emerged as an adult, and had not acquired its color yet. I observed: I believe you (Gil) are correct on the damselfly. I saw it land on the plant (it seemed a little wobbly) and then it just hung out there for a long time. It was very pale, almost white. No doubt it just hatched or whatever you call it ;-)
Damselfly pictures: Nikon Nikkor 105mm micro lens, 1/500 at f11 for above, 1/400 at f10 for top of page. ISO 500 selected on Nikon D200 camera for all pictures.
This is from the 4/11/2008 excursion using the 300mm lens. Gil Notes: ...a worn, old, muddy Common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina serpentina. Notice the leech on the side of its carapace.
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 See also: Nature Hike, The Woodlands, TX | Marshland Flower Pictures are Here |  Damsel Fly on Texas Bluebonnet |
 Valentine Damselflies (mating) from 4/11/2008 |  Blue Dasher Dragonfly- Wild Eye Colors from 4/11/2008 | Animal Photos (Dick Locke's Critter Links) |
 Skink from 4/11/2008, Gil Says: Southern prairie skink, Eumeces septentrionalis obtusirostris. |  Dragonflies on my Wimberley Picture Page | Spider Page! |
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