Blue damselflies, that’s what they are, just blue damselflies. That’s accurate enough, for now. I shot a photo of a few little damselflies I took to be common blues, but it turns out that I “bluet” on ...
If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by ...
A male scarlet bluet (left) has grabbed a female (right) by the back of the head and they are now in a position known as “tandem linkage.” PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Credit: STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS This ...
If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by ...
Summer means even more warmer weather and the potential increase in mosquito activity. Dragonflies to the rescue, experts say. Mosquito season begins in March or April and could go into October, ...
I like this haiku by Jacqui Thewless. It brings to mind the thick, humid air hanging over a reed-choked drainage ditch in mid-July. And hovering above, a damselfly searching, always searching, for the ...
Among its fascinating attributes, the Common Green Darner has compound eyes containing more than 30,000 simple eyes. There have been swarms of dragonflies along the Lake Michigan shoreline in recent ...
This week, we’re diving into the nitty-gritty of the life histories of dragonflies and damselflies (members of the taxonomic order Odonata) with a photo that perfectly conveys the mating process used ...
As summer heats up, we begin seeing more insects. Some are pesky, such as mosquitoes and flies. Some are beautiful and beneficial such as butterflies. Among the beautiful and beneficial insects are ...
New Jersey is one of the best states for viewing dragonflies in terms of both sheer number and variety of species, according to environmental experts. The colorful creature, like many other insects, ...
“It’s like an invasion!” a woman giggled as she lowered her head and launched her bike through a swarm of dragonflies on the lakefront trail. These large-eyed insects with nearly 4-inch wingspans flew ...
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