Winged Things

The Dragonfly

This is going to be short.

No, really! I know you have no reason to believe me, but it is true! In direct contrast to the rest of the blog, this is just a quick post to show you a few grainy pictures of my favorite winged insects. 

The Damselfly

The dragonflies and damselfies are our most frequent winged visitors during the afternoon, and come in a range of colors. Dragonflies are much larger and rest with wings out to the side. 

Damselflies are smaller, and rest with wings closed over their back. The metallic blue dameslflies are my favorite, although the one pictured is blue and black. 

The Humble Sweat Bee

Bees are another backyard and garden staple. We have spent the summer so far in cohabitation with carpenter bees, eye bongers (aggressive, large, fuzzy bumblebees), wasps, and these shiny metallic fellas - the sweat bee. 

This is a closely cropped picture, as you can barely see this guy as a speck on the huge pumpkin leaf he was using. Shocked that he didn't fly away, I took his picture up close. I didn't realize until I looked at it cropped even closer on the computer that he did not move because he is snacking on another small something or other. :)

I have a new favorite this morning, but will mention them in the next blog post.