Dragonfly Macro Monday

You never know where you'll meet a new friend, I met this dragonfly on the concrete by our car when we came out of the movie theater. (Snapped with the iPhone)

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Swallowtail Macro Monday

While doing some yard work I met a new friend. :0)

It was a much luckier swallowtail than the one I saw in Missouri a few months ago.

My granddaughter thinks they're fun to step on. :(

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Glitter Wings Macro Monday

My son brought me this beautiful butterfly, back when it was warmer, it was barely moving at all, we're not sure what happened to it. On the right you can see my fingerprint on its wing.

Its movelessness (yep, just made that up) made it to where I could really study it.  I saw fine hairs along the edges of its wings and colored glitter in patterns.

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I think the colors look like little pixels on a computer screen.

Drying off

I had never heard of, or seen, this bird before and had to look it up. It's really a large bird.

My bird book says that the Anhinga is about 35" with close to a four foot wingspan.

The males and females look a lot alike, but if I'm reading my book correctly this is a female. The buff brown neck and breast are on the females.  The one I shared last week was the male, black head and neck.

Macro Monday - the dragonfly

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Our little hitchhiker

We came out of Starbucks to find a hitchhiker on our antenna.  Amazingly, he stayed there our entire drive home, about a mile, and I ran into the house and grabbed the camera.

I always love their cellophane wings!  So dainty and happy looking!

Bzzz, bzzz, bzzz

Well, I did not attract one butterfly with the feeder. But I found a few small things with wings to take photos of anyway.

This guy is a yellow jacket.

This one is a Bald-faced Hornet, or White-faced Hornet, and he was featured in my last Macro Monday.

Sparkling Wings