Transmogrification.
Tag: dragonfly
December dragonfly.
At San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona.
On the wing.
Dasher.
Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Unidentified dragonfly, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
Unidentified dragonfly, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.
Dragonfly.
Dragonfly.
Libellule, en silhouette.
Bonus etymology, from the Online Etymology Dictionary: Silhouette is an eponym, “in reference to Étienne de Silhouette (1709-1767), French minister of finance in 1759. Usually said to be so called because it was an inexpensive way of making a likeness of someone, a derisive reference to Silhouette’s petty economies to finance the Seven Years’ War, which were unpopular among the nobility. … Other theories are that it refers to his brief tenure in office, or the story that he decorated his chateau with such portraits.”
Libellule, en silhouette.
Bonus etymology, from the Online Etymology Dictionary: Silhouette is an eponym, “in reference to Étienne de Silhouette (1709-1767), French minister of finance in 1759. Usually said to be so called because it was an inexpensive way of making a likeness of someone, a derisive reference to Silhouette’s petty economies to finance the Seven Years’ War, which were unpopular among the nobility. … Other theories are that it refers to his brief tenure in office, or the story that he decorated his chateau with such portraits.”
Dithyramb 