Eastern Pondhawk Eating a Moth - a photo on Flickriver

Eastern Pondhawk Eating a Moth

            Adult Dragonflies are born rulers of their domain and they prove it to just about every insect that thinks it can pull a fast one on this killing machine. The adult dragonfly uses the basket formed by its legs to catch insects while flying. The adult dragonfly likes to eat gnats, mayflies, flies, mosquitoes and other small flying insects. They sometimes eat butterflies, moths and bees too. From bees to mosquitoes, dragonflies make a meal out of what they please and can hunt down insects on a whim, callously plucking them out of thin air after out-flying outmaneuvering and them in the chase that does not normally last very long. To give you a little insight, the dragonfly that is many times the size of a mosquito or a housefly needs to flap its wings a mere 30 times a minute when compared to a mosquito’s 600 times a minute and the housefly’s 1000 flaps a minute requirement to keep them flying and in peak maneuverability. Such is the power that the dragonfly is equipped with and given its low-energy speed capability, very, very few insects can escape its basket shaped grabbing limbs that it uses to clutch on to its prey before crushing the critter into a gooey mass, with its powerful mandibles and swallowing it. 

   

Taken in: United States / Alabama / Spanish Fort / Park City (show map)

Taken on: September 7, 2014

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Camera: Nikon D3200, f/8.0, 1/160 sec, 185mm (=277mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3200
Lens:	70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	185mm (35mm equivalent: 277mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 (Windows)
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