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Mating Dance

Mating Dance

Male and Female Slaty Skimmer dragonflies connected in a mating ritual at Fabic Nature Preserve as one clings to the leaf of a Lily Pad....
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Male and Female Slaty Skimmer dragonflies connected in a mating ritual at Fabic Nature Preserve as one clings to the leaf of a Lily Pad.
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Jun, 2014

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