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Darting Dragonflies, #2.
Hello everyone and welcome back to Darting Dragonflies! I wish I knew the names of more of these fascinating insects, but unfortunately it’s hard to find a book that covers dragonflies in this area. It’s harder than finding a mushroom book. Oh well, for now we can enjoy some pics of these acrobatic flyers anyway. Hopefully by next week I can put names to the dragonflies in the pics. Maybe. I will try anyway.
So, here we go with today’s look at dragonflies…
Dragonflies are amazing insects that can fly forward, backward, straight up or down, hover and even fly upside down. Depending on the species they can fly up to 30 mph (50kph).
There are 5,000 species of dragonflies around the world. We have 130 here in Ontario. I will share more facts about these amazing creatures in the next post which will be one week from today. A lot of people don’t like dragonflies, due to the fact they can be a bit scary looking. But really, they are quite beautiful and very beneficial. I hope you are enjoying this new little series. I hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics 2020, #64.
Good morning everyone on this beautiful Wednesday morning! I hope your week is going well. Everything is jumping over here at Steve’s Country! Well, half of us are jumping and half of us are watching the other half. I’ll let you guess who is who, it shouldn’t be too hard I’m sure.😂😹 Even though it looks like winter outside, it does have a spring like look inside. My orchids are still blooming nicely. My African violets are now in full bloom again after taking a 3 week rest, something they do once or twice a year. The rest of the time they are producing flowers, which is especially nice in the winter months.
But now it’s time for some warm spring and summer pics to enjoy…
Not exactly sure what these flowers are from Italy, but in the mint family anyway, very similar to flowers we have except ours are purple.
One of our rock doves (feral pigeons), I thought it’s coloring was quite cool so decided to share this one.
I was going to leave it with two pics, but decided to share this pic of a “dark-eyed junco”. This is another of my favorite birds and amazingly friendly. Well, there it is for today, enjoy your Wednesday and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
