And Now for Something Completely Different

[nightdog_barks]

Chango brought me a tennis ball, and when I went out on the deck I saw this handsome fellow.



He was sitting on the top of a plant hanger ...


... and he pretty much ignored me as I tried to get as close as possible.


And closer ...


View from the back, sunlight on his wings.


And one last view, a better shot of the tracery on the wings.


So. It was about 3 - 4 inches long, and it would turn its head occasionally to watch me. I put my hand out to see if it would land there, but all that happened was Chango coming over to see if I had a treat for her. LOL.

Comments

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

First thought:

This is why I adore you, Nightdog.

Second thought:

*bafflement*

You ... grew up in the South and didn't know that mosquito-hawks dragonflies eat mosquitoes?

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

*g*

Never heard 'em called mosquito hawks when I was growing up. Or snake doctors, or anything other than dragonflies.

[blackmare-9.livejournal.com]

I sure never heard "snake doctors," but "mosquito hawks" was common, at least with Dad's side of the family.

I guess I'm just surprised that someone who loves both nature and reading as much as you do, missed that particular bit of information.

If you see a few of those big dragonflies in the yard -- they gather when the lawn gets mowed, sometimes, because the mower makes the bugs fly out of the grass and the dragonflies catch them -- you can stand out there like an idiot and raise one finger in the air above your head, and sometimes they'll perch on it. It's really nifty, as long as you don't care what the neighbors think. Heh.

[nightdog-barks.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm just surprised that someone who loves both nature and reading as much as you do, missed that particular bit of information.

LOL! DUDE, I CAN'T KNOW EVERYTHING. Hee!