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Don't You Just Love Those Dragonflies?

Don't you just love those dragonflies? We watch them circle our fish pond, grab flying insects in mid-air, and then touch down on a bamboo stake in...

Red flame skimmer or firecracker skimmer (Libellula saturata). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Red flame skimmer or firecracker skimmer (Libellula saturata). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Red flame skimmer or firecracker skimmer (Libellula saturata). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Variegated meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Variegated meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Variegated meadowhawk (Sympetrum corruptum). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Red-veined meadowhawk (Sympetrium madidum). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Red-veined meadowhawk (Sympetrium madidum). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Red-veined meadowhawk (Sympetrium madidum). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at 9:08 PM

Thankful for Insects

Of the many things I'm thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful for the millions of insects that populate our planet. Scientists have...

A honey bee heading for a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee heading for a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heading for a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Western tiger swallowtail on a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Western tiger swallowtail on a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Western tiger swallowtail on a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flame skimmer dragonfly at rest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A flame skimmer dragonfly at rest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flame skimmer dragonfly at rest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 12:24 PM

Up Close and Personal with a Female Flame Skimmer

What a beauty. But not nearly as striking as her male counterpart. The flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) owned a perch on a...

A female flame skimmer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female flame skimmer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female flame skimmer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Female flame skimmer being photographed with the camera of Gary Zamzow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Female flame skimmer being photographed with the camera of Gary Zamzow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Female flame skimmer being photographed with the camera of Gary Zamzow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, June 21, 2013 at 8:59 PM

It's a Bird, It's a Plane...

It's a bird, it's a plane... It's not Superman. It's a flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata). We spotted this dragonfly in our yard recently...

Flame skimmer ((Libellula saturata), outlined against the sky. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Flame skimmer ((Libellula saturata), outlined against the sky. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Flame skimmer ((Libellula saturata), outlined against the sky. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, June 3, 2013 at 9:39 PM

From Toe Biters to Flame Skimmers

From toe biters to flame skimmers... That's what visitors will see on "Aquatic Insect Day" on Sunday, March 24 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology,...

Red flame skimmer (Libellula saturata). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Red flame skimmer (Libellula saturata). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Red flame skimmer (Libellula saturata). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 10:03 PM

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