Throughout the yard, insects like butterflies, were flying around on this sunny day and down by the pond, dragonflies were darting from spot to spot.
Summertime Dragonfly
Picture of the Day for August 30, 2016
A swarm of dragonflies were flying near me when I was mowing the lawn and I suppose they were after the bugs that I chasing up. But seeing the big “flight or cluster”, as a group of them are called, looked rather creepy flying around me but it was a spider that bit me when mowing instead.
Dragonfly Resting
Picture of the Day for July 29, 2016
The dragonflies don’t always spend all their time around the pond and seems like they been hanging around the flowers more and more lately. A green bodied dragonfly would blend in better than this blue bodied one so a bird might get him.
Dragonfly in the Flowers
Picture of the Day for July 11, 2016
On a warm summer day, the pond is full of activity with frogs, fish, tadpoles, damselflies and dragonflies. This dragonfly was busy laying her eggs in the water. The eggs are surrounded by a jelly-like substance which helps the eggs to stick to plants or the bottom of the pond.
Laying Eggs
Picture of the Day for July 13, 2015
The common whitetail dragonfly can be seen hawking for mosquitoes and other small flying insects over ponds so I’m happy I have a bunch of dragonflies eating my bugs. But I’m also glad they aren’t as big as they were 325 million years ago when they had a 30 inch wingspan as that would be a little nerve–racking with as many as I see flying around my pond.
Common Whitetail Dragonfly
Picture of the Day for March 2, 2015
Meteorological spring started yesterday and even though it is sunny today, it definitely is not spring yet as the pond is frozen and no dragonflies buzzing around. And it won’t look or feel like spring the next few days with the predicted snow and below zero temperatures so winter hasn’t released its hold yet.
Brief Rest Stop for Dragonfly
