25 Saturday Jul 2020
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The Lotus pond near us now has only white flowers, and not very many of them. The plants look healthy enough, so maybe I came too late this year to take their pictures. Still, here they are, and by the way there were many dragonflies.
White Lotus 2020.
Lotus leaf with rain water.
White Lotus 2020.
Blue Dasher.
Eastern Amberwing.
Blue Dasher.
Dragonflies mating.
19 Wednesday Jul 2017
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Blue Dasher dragonfly.
Blue Dasher dragonfly.
Blue Dasher dragonflies: two to tango.
10 Sunday Jul 2016
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The Lotus flowers have started to bloom. This morning there were only two flowers that had opened up, but I still managed to take quite a few shots, especially with bees and dragonflies hovering and flitting near them.
White Lotus flower.
Bee aiming for core of Lotus flower.
Bee taking off after getting pollen from Lotus flower.
Blue Dasher dragonfly on Lotus leaf.
Eastern Amberwing dragonfly on Lotus leaf.
Blue Dasher on Lotus leaf.
02 Sunday Aug 2015
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Here are some more shots of dragonflies. I was hoping to see other kinds of dragonflies, but only Blue Dashers and Eastern Amberwings were at the lotus pond yesterday.
Blue Dasher saying “cheese” for the camera.
Blue Dasher on lotus stem.
Eastern Amberwing: this one flew in from the lotus pond and landed on the gravel path just a few feet from me.
Blue Dasher
31 Friday Jul 2015
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What would summer be without dragonflies? This past week I went to the lotus pond near our house and photographed the following dragonflies.
Eastern Amberwing: small dragonfly somewhat difficult to photograph.
Blue Dasher on lotus bud: very common dragonfly in our area
Blue Dasher
Blue Dasher
There were several other types of dragonflies at the lotus pond, but the photos I took did not turn out well enough. Will try again another day.
