Photo by Albert Lavallee
There's a pond in southwest Oklahoma's Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge where largemouth bass have learned that mating dragonflies make tasty meals. Photographer Albert Lavallee lives in the state, and photographed the following behavior.
According to Lavallee, the bass only eat certain types of dragonfly. First, they wait for the insects to mate. In doing so a male and female dragonfly become joined at the abdomen and fly through the air together, losing much of their speed and mobility, which makes them much easier targets. Second, they look for two different species... the common green darner and the black saddleback dragonfly.
But the best part is that the fish often do not wait for the insects to land, preferring instead to leap from the water and grab them in mid-air. Lavallee captured this action on film, and we've got a gallery of his shots for your enjoyment. Click through the slides at left to see them.
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Absolutely amazing photographs! What a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture this action that occurs in a matter of seconds on film. And frame-by-frame at that! congrats
Awesome pictures. that is crazy, and those bass are high flyers.
Now if we could only develop a lure that floats in mid air over the water that looks like a dragonfly.
Great pictures. Nothing more exciting than a largemouth bass in midair!
Gorgeous Country too. Figures there'd be something fishy going on down there...
That is some intense stuff. Which lake was this on?
When dose the lure come out? Dragonfly STORM
Great photos and camera work. Keep it up.
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Absolutely amazing photographs! What a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture this action that occurs in a matter of seconds on film. And frame-by-frame at that! congrats
Now if we could only develop a lure that floats in mid air over the water that looks like a dragonfly.
When dose the lure come out? Dragonfly STORM
Awesome pictures. that is crazy, and those bass are high flyers.
Great pictures. Nothing more exciting than a largemouth bass in midair!
Gorgeous Country too. Figures there'd be something fishy going on down there...
That is some intense stuff. Which lake was this on?
Great photos and camera work. Keep it up.
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