MWC Eco-brief: Obelisking

MWC Eco-brief: Obelisking

On hot, sunny days, dragonflies tilt their abdomen up in the air to reduce sun exposure and overheating. The perched blue dasher is partaking in this behavior, which is called obelisking.
A blue dasher in flight approaches a blue dasher obelisking on a barbed wire fence.
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