Short Hike at Howard County Conservancy – 2
/As we headed down the trail by the stone wall, we started noticing dragonflies! My husband had been talking about a trek to Kenilworth to photograph dragonflies on lotuses – was pleased to find so many of them at Mt Pleasant. I knew when we sampled the stream, that dragonfly larvae were generally found…so seeing the adults was validation that their life cycle is continuing.
I photographed 4 different kinds in about 15 minutes! When I got home – I identified each one from my photographs.
The Common Whitetail Skimmer was the first that I photographed. When I was identifying, I realized I had photographed males and a female!
An Eastern Pondhawk was almost hidden in the vegetation.
The Ebony Jewelwings were very active making them more challenging to photograph. Their iridescence never seems as glorious on the captured images as it does when they move about.
Finally – I photographed a female Widow Skimmer (the males have a powdery blue abdomen…the female abdomen is yellow and black like in the picture).
Stay tuned for the second ‘wow’ sight coming in tomorrow’s post…
