Mayfly
Today while I was out mowing the lawn, I noticed both a red and a blue dragonfly. I decided to go out and see who I could find when I had the camera with me. Of course, there were lots of other visitors, as well. The mayfly was actually the first one I discovered. (My husband started talking about the fly pattern he'd tie to imitate it.) There were lots of bees and bumblebees, and the occasional wasp. And the whiteflies are thick...but as they're a pest, I wasn't interested in a photo. The mayfly, dragonflies, and butterfly were all fun to watch...busily sipping nectar, flying from place to place. All except the mayfly, which was stationary. I took photos of it several different times as the light changed. He never moved.
The butterfly was something else again! I have a very large screen, and in the photo I've posted, you can actually see the butterfly's mouth. He was busy fluttering from flower to flower, filling up with nectar. The dragonflies were mostly focused on flowers, as well, though they'd occasionally land and just sit for a moment.
I heard a bit of an article on NPR talking about butterflies as "flying jewels", and the mania for collecting them in the past. I have no desire to collect - but if I did, that mayfly and those dragonflies are as jewel-like as anything I've seen, with veined diaphanous wings and vivid colors.
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