There is no SUY for dragonflies and damselflies, so I present here the Twelve-spotted skimmer (
Libellula pulchella). I was reading my natural history diary for summer 2018, when I went to New York/Masschusetts, and remembered the joy of infinite incredible fabulous lifeforms that I found here. One of the most spectacular finding (along many other species of really beautiful dragonflies in the same place) was this species. So inmediately I've tought in made a figure of it.
For the wings I needed a transparent sheet so I used the envolture of a flash (frozen sweet drink, not sure if in English it's used the same word but I'm unable to find it). They're a bit bendy and the result was not flat wings, this is the biggest issue of this figure but let's pass about it. It's so small that actually is hard to notice that (1 centimeter wingspan!)
The body is done with WePAM and the legs are made with cuttings of the same flash envelope (that allow much thinner threads than my thin wire). Gluing the legs was relatively easy... until one foreleg separated from it, gluing it again was a nightmare because it sticked to middle leg... you can imagine how delicate one must be for manage these small things without risk of breaking them.
And with no more heavy wording, here is it... my first dragonfly:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]With some other northeastern North American wildlife.
Naturally resting in a dead branch... ohhh this branch is moving! Well, I like free rides so... lets's stay
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]And despite what it can look like, the eagle is not threatening the dragonfly. He's just purposing the insect to play an aerial race and let's see who win.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]All my insects for now:
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My collection:- (Details):
Homemade: 106
CollectA: 54
Colorata: 31
Safari LTD: 29
Schleich: 20
Papo: 16
Kaiyodo: 13
Mojo Fun: 8
Ikimon/Kitan Club: 6
Southland Replicas: 6
Bullyland: 4
PNSO: 3
CBIOV: 2
Eikoh: 2
Yujin: 2
Takara Tomy:1
Nayab: 1
Happy Kin: 1
Natural History: 1
Science & Nature: 1
Total: 307