Whiteface

Frosted Whiteface? Day Brook Pond, Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area, Maine

There continue to be lots of teneral (newly emerged) dragonflies at Day Brook Pond on the Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area in W. Kennbunk Maine. I saw at least 3 different species on my last visit. Most are Lancet Clubtails and Chalk-fronted Corporals, the two most common dragonflies at the pond in early summer…but this one appears to be a Whiteface. It looks to me most like a Frosted Whiteface, but Belted is also possible, and from there, perhaps even Dot-tailed.That is if it is a Whiteface at all 🙂  It is really difficult to id from my guides because tenerals are not pictured or described (since they only last in that form for a day or less).

Sony RX10iii at 840mm (in-camera crop from 600mm optical). 1/640th @ ISO 100 @ f4. Processed in Lightroom. (I am really enjoying the tel-macro abilities of the RX10iii 🙂

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