Thanks to Fortean Times. P.S. NOT filmed by me. Just for your amusement....
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I agree with Fergus, it might be mating dragonflies. We have many types on our property, ranging in size from 3/4" to as big as 4", in colour from leaf green, dark red to brilliant royal blue. They eat those pesky biting insects so we consider them our friends.
Four possible explanations:
1. Occasionally you get insects that have extra body parts, such as five-winged butterflies; could this one have two abdomena? I've not heard of it, but I guess it's possible.
2. Mating - not unless they've just finished. Dragonflies mate one on top of the other, with the tips of their abdomena grasping each other at the tips to make a loop. It also appears to have only four wings, whereas a mating pair should appear to have eight at some stage.
3. Image manipulation: there are few frames that are actually clear enough to see what it is! Coindidence? I think not! (Definitely a conspiracy.)
4. The first ever photographic evidence of a real fairy ...
Funny how nobody who sees anything really unusual is a half-decent photographer! We should teach basic photography to everyone at school, so that when something odd happens, we get evidence that can be analysed ...
(I used to be an entomologist once ...)
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