by Rich Leighton | Nov 3, 2022 | Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Montana, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
The last time I passed through Montana, I stopped by some duck ponds in Anaconda at a place called Warm Springs State Wildlife Management Area and there were dragonflies and damselflies everywhere! I was familiar with some of the species, but this one olive-golden...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 1, 2022 | Dragonflies, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Pacific Northwest, Washington
Perhaps the most strikingly beautiful of all of the large dragonflies of Western Canada and the United States, the eight-spotted skimmer (Libellula forensis) contrasts greatly with its environment, whether it is in lowland marshes and ponds or along desert creeks and...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 20, 2020 | Dragonflies, Florida Nature Photography, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Roughly 300 million years ago, dragonflies were the among first insects to take to the air. While modern dragonflies have wingspans of only two to five inches, fossilized dragonflies show that they once had wingspans of nearly two feet! VISIT THE DRAGONFLIES GALLERY...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 9, 2018 | Dragonflies, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History
One of the fastest and most maneuverable of the world’s winged insects, the dragonfly uses a method of catching prey called “hawking” where the dragonfly forms a basket with its hairy legs, scooping and eating up to 300 flying mosquitos every day of...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 7, 2016 | American Southwest, Arizona, Dragonflies, Insects, Invertebrates, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Travel
This beautifully blue male Sierra Madre dancer (Argia lacrimans) was found and photographed on a rock sticking out of Sonoita Creek in Patagonia, Arizona on a mild spring morning. Like all damselflies in the dancer family (named so because of their jerky, erratic and...
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