Today I captured at least two new-to-me dragonfly species! Keeping an open mind and a watchful eye, I continue to improve my ability to spot new dragonfly friends. “What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” ~ John Lubbock 🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇 Red Saddlebags: Look closely at the base of the wings and you will…
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Wondering Glider
This dragonfly was captured in flight, hovering long enough for me to snap his photo. This species, from the genus Pantala, is considered the most widespread dragonfly on the planet, with good population on every continent except Antarctica (although rare in Europe). This information is gathered from Wikipedia on my iNaturalist app. This app is…
Plateau Dragonlet
Below is a new addition to my group of identified dragonflies. The variety of colors continue to amaze me. I have created a dragonfly page on my website. To see more photos, and read a few facts, click here, I’m the dragonfly rising on the wings of unlocked dreams on the verge of magical things. …
Lens Artists Photo Challenge # 103 ~Surprise
Yesterday morning on my early walk, I ran across some beautiful flower bushes, dried and flowerless after the spring flowers had faded away. I remembered taking photos of those huge bushes when the flowers were blooming, full of green bushy foliage. I looked back into my March photos and found them, it doesn’t appear I…
Tarantula hawk wasp
This morning I ran across a flowering bush with several of these beautiful creatures enjoying the blooms. Apparently their sting can be extremely painful for a short period of time, but it is not dangerous to humans (very dangerous to the other creatures they prey on, such as tarantulas!) However, they are not easily provoked…
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