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En plein air odonate

May 31, 2014  •  Leave a Comment

This has been a slow season for dragonflies, and I've yet to have one join me on my morning walks down my country road. But when I got home and looked through the garden for signs of insect life, this newly metamorphosed odonate zipped in and settled on the top of an Iris bud. While I'm definitely still in the learning phase of my identification career, there are a handful of species that I now know on sight. This is one of them: a Painted Skimmer—and a critter that would make any en plein air artist want to grab the painting equipment. Fortunately, I had my camera at the ready, so I was able to capture the dragonfly before it had a chance to "skim" away.

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