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Damselflies: Long, Slender and Delicate
If you like your insects long, slender and delicate, and resembling a flying neon needle, the...
This damselfly appears framed "in the red" (a red vehicle light). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The damselfly is long and slender and is sometimes called "the devil's darning needle." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The common blue damselfly or Northern Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Like a Needle in a Haystack
Finding a tan-colored damselfly in a patch of fading English lavender is like finding a needle in...
Damselfly on a leaf in the late afternoon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cluster of red mites on a damselfly in the early morning. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Soaking Up Sunshine
In the entomological world, we call that a "two-fer." Two insects in the same photo. Sunday...
A fiery skipper and a damselfly sharing the same spot: an artichoke leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus, belonging to the family Hesperiidae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Up Close and Personal
Up close and personal, those blue damselflies (suborder Zygoptera, order Odonata) look...
Blue damselfy resting on nectarine leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wide view of a blue damselfly perched on a nectarine leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
