Percy Boom
Z50: 1/200s, f10, 100ISO, autoWB, 16mm.
We cycled over to Potts Island this afternoon. The insects weren’t kind (lots of deer flies) and I managed to fall into a clay-mud trench but the view of the river from the island was pretty.
On a Cattail
Z50: 1/400s, f6.3, 200ISO, autoWB, 250mm. cropped
Today I visited Lone Pine Marsh (Braham Tract) again and the Odonates were much better than last week. I saw quite a few different species, as well as bobolinks and swallowtail butterflies.
I think this is a white-fronted corporal (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae: Ladona julia) without prunosity.
Yellow Loosestrife
Z50: 1/800s, f5.6, 200ISO, autoWB, 37mm. cropped
I took the afternoon off and headed east along the creek to the island. I found a little patch of sun on the island to lay in the sun and watch the swallows swoop overhead. I did encounter some annoying angry ant nests and nettles but also saw the first fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata) flowering near the shore. (See its leaves in spring here.)
Slender Dragonfly
Z50: 1/320s, f9, 250ISO, autoWB, 50mm. cropped
On my walk beside the creek today, I only had time for this quick photo of a dragonfly. This photo isn’t enough for me to identify it. More from today’s walk (after which I became really allergic – note to self, wear a mask in these long grasses!) on instagram.
Bumblebee on Sage
Z50: 1/160s, f7.1, 160ISO, autoWB, 50mm. cropped
My sage plants are flowering and the bumblebees are enjoying them. This shutter speed was obviously not high enough to freeze this bee.
Fishfly in Dogwood
Z50: 1/160s, f10, 800ISO, autoWB, 50mm.
I was walking in the creek today and noticed something large fluttering in the shrubs along the shore; I thought it was an Odonate. But I patiently waited and it was revealed as a dark fishfly (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Nigronia sp.).
Common Ringlet
Z50: 1/320s, f9, 400ISO, autoWB, 250mm. cropped
There are many common ringlets (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae: Coenonympha tullia) fluttering around today.
