This morning on my walk at the wetlands, it was my goal to discover a new dragonfly. I was not disappointed when I walked to the edge of a little pond and this beauty caught my eye. I was patient and so excited when he landed on a bush nearby. It was as though he…
Category: Insect
Seeing Green
This morning at the wetlands I took a side path and discovered this beautiful green dragonfly. I do not believe I have seen one of this color before and with the grasses, he was quite beautiful! “Green is the fresh emblem of well founded hopes. In blue the spirit can wander, but in green it…
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…
Euaresta: a genus of flies that feed on flowers and seeds
Perhaps I should start doing “Bug of the Day” posts 😁 Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside. ~Honore de Balzac
peace of life today 