Shed skins (exuviae) of dragonflies by larose forest photos

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17-MAY-2010	Christine Hanrahan

Shed skins (exuviae) of dragonflies

Found many of these clustered onto old cattail stalks. Not sure which family of dragonflies these belong to, but something that emerges early. Maybe baskettails?

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J. Scott Coile		17-Jun-2013 15:18
Excess baggage ;-)

Peggy W		17-Jun-2013 14:55
I didn't know they shed thier skins~ great find!! V

Carl H. Johnson		17-Jun-2013 13:43
Awesome find!!!~V~

Ghislaine et Réal Boulet		17-Jun-2013 12:57
Very nice find and picture.

Jim Coffman		17-Jun-2013 12:32
Another great find and very well captured..

Terry Sprague		17-Jun-2013 11:38
Cool!V

Marcia Colelli		17-Jun-2013 11:08
Fantastic close up. Wonderful details V

Sheila		17-Jun-2013 10:55
They make a good subject for a photograph!

Graeme		17-Jun-2013 08:49
wow never seen anything like this before, Christine. I love your macro eyes! BV

Sonja Ross		17-Jun-2013 07:42
Surprising to see so many together. It's amazing to imagine them getting out of the skins!

globalgadabout		17-Jun-2013 05:01
spectral remains...well spotted Christine..

Carl Carbone		17-Jun-2013 02:43
Very cool shot! Great find.

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