Garden Pic Wednesday: Know Your Dragonflies
Today, I've learned how to tell the difference between a male Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly and a male Blue Dasher Dragonfly! They look very, very similar---in fact, on-line photos of the two are often confused. Both have bodies the same baby blue color. The identifying distinction between the two is their face color as pictured below: Pondhawk's have a green face; Blue Dasher's have a white face. The female Pondhawk is green & black, while the female Dasher is brown. For photos, I prefer the blue males. Much more showy. I was lucky today that an adult male Blue Dasher decided to perch and stay perched on a wooden stake just outside my front door. He's been there a couple hours now, just sitting, munching on whatever flies close. Probably because it's shady--it's been sweltering outside this week. I kept snapping shots of him like he was a super model and he didn't even twitch. I could see his little head rotate watching me, th...