
Not only is it a nice closeup of a brown hawker dragonfly (again, I invite the intelligentsia to explain the name), it’s got an unusual feature. For all the dragonflies I’ve photographed and all the ones I’ve seen but passed on, this is the only time I’ve ever come across one with an actual facial feature. Unfortunately, it isn’t big or symmetrical enough to look like a mustache. It’s more like a little smear of tasty, tasty mosquito.
July 9, 2023. Cropped from a larger image. Nikon D850 (FX sensor), Tamron 100–400mm at 400mm, f/6.3, 1/750, ISO 400.