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Looking out of the kitchen window, I saw a large Dragonfly cruising up and down our patio in the warm morning sunshine. It then dived under a bush near my greenhouse and settled down inside the bush, hanging from the leaves. It was still there at 1030 ~ such a long resting period on such a fine sunny day was puzzling. Dragonflies do not hang about for long in my experience. I got my camera and after a careful approach, got one or two images.
This first shot was from about two feet away. The insect was not disturbed by the camera or the flash so I moved in closer for the next shot:~
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The Dragon fly was there all day ~ checked it frequently and even took a flash image closer up when after dark about 2215hrs:~
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/MGJohn/Natural%20History/RestingDragonflyingardenSaturday13t.jpg)
Next morning it was still there until my wife, concerned that it might be dieing, gently shook the bush and it immediately flew away.
I believe it was still a relatively freshly emerged individual as the full blue colouring had not yet fully developed as it would in a more mature individual.
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