Preparing the Future

Denise Greaves, Ph.D.

One thing I have learned this summer is the importance of carrying a camera wherever and whenever possible.

During my lunch break on 25 September I took a quick walk to my favorite pond and was fortunate enough to see and photograph a pair of darners in a mating wheel.

The species is Aeshna tuberculifera (black-tipped darner), and I took the photo with my small and convenient Olympus SP-350 (8 megapixels).

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