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Red damsel

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Saw a beautiful red damsel with very dark wings on a bush near a pond last weekend whilst I was hitting some bass.

Took a picture and tied it up just for fun. I will tie this one again in the future and take a lot more time.............this one only took a few hours.

 

Mike......................... B)

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Hello Mike,

I know you like damsel ............ very nice!

 

Ciao

 

Fede

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Nice tie... However, it looks like a dragonfly, not a damsel. Typically, dragonflies hold their wings to the side, horizoionally, whereas most, but not all, Damselflies hold their wings together and upright.

 

To better explain, I've copied this following:

 

“Resting attitude: The wing veins of Odonata are fused at their bases and the wings cannot be folded over the body at rest. Almost all Anisoptera (i.e. Dragonflies) settle with the wings held out sideways or slightly downward. Most Zygoptera (i.e. Damselflies) settle with the wings held together, dorsal surfaces apposed. However, the zygopteran thorax is so oblique that when held in this way the wings fit neatly along the top of the abdomen. They do not appear to be held straight 'up' as in butterflies or mayflies. In a few zygopteran families the wings are held horizontally at rest, and in one anisopteran genus (Cordulephya, Corduliidae) the wings are held in the typical damselfly resting position.”

 

http://tolweb.org/Odonata

 

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Saw a beautiful red damsel with very dark wings on a bush near a pond last weekend whilst I was hitting some bass.

Took a picture and tied it up just for fun. I will tie this one again in the future and take a lot more time.............this one only took a few hours.

 

Mike......................... B)

 

Good work. Like the segmented abdomen and eyes.

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Just came across this one, Mike....superb...even if the wings do make it a dragon, but that's just splitting wings, I mean, hairs! LOL! Excellent craftsmanship!

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Awesome work, can you share what you used to tie the wings with? I have been looking for a pattern to make this with, but I don't have a recipe.

 

Thanks,

 

:rolleyes:

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