Yellow-sided skimmer dragonfly (Libellula flavida), in Portsmouth, Virginia. This one posed calmly for me on a tomato stake in the kitchen garden.
Please click photo for an enlarged view.
This post signifies the happy return of my camera, with a new aperture control unit and a thorough cleaning. It reminds me of the Tin Man after he was lubricated and buffed and polished in the Emerald City repair shop – all shiny and new.
Yellow-sided skimmer dragonfly (Libellula flavida), in Portsmouth, Virginia. This one posed calmly for me on a tomato stake in the kitchen garden.
Please click photo for an enlarged view.
This post signifies the happy return of my camera, with a new aperture control unit and a thorough cleaning. It reminds me of the Tin Man after he was lubricated and buffed and polished in the Emerald City repair shop – all shiny and new.
Fireflies!
The disorganized center of Tropical Storm Andrea is passing overhead now. So far we’ve had about 2 inches (5 cm) of welcome rain from the storm today. And after a dry week the sudden moisture is stimulating a synchronized emergence of fireflies – more at once than I have seen in many years. Pure summertime magic.
The photos above were taken after a rainstorm in 2009, and not previously published.
Common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Fireflies!
The disorganized center of Tropical Storm Andrea is passing overhead now. So far we’ve had about 2 inches (5 cm) of welcome rain from the storm today. And after a dry week the sudden moisture is stimulating a synchronized emergence of fireflies – more at once than I have seen in many years. Pure summertime magic.
The photos above were taken after a rainstorm in 2009, and not previously published.
Common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis), in Portsmouth, Virginia.
What’s Blooming: Chives (Allium schoenoprasum), with a Dermestid friend (varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci), in Portsmouth, Virginia. The beetle is only about 2mm long.
What’s Blooming: Chives (Allium schoenoprasum), with a Dermestid friend (varied carpet beetle, Anthrenus verbasci), in Portsmouth, Virginia. The beetle is only about 2mm long.
Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum), spangled with dew.
On the dock at the Deep Creek Locks turning basin, in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum), spangled with dew.
On the dock at the Deep Creek Locks turning basin, in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Please click to enlarge.
Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum), at the Deep Creek Locks turning basin in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum), at the Deep Creek Locks turning basin in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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