I may be wrong, but I think this is a Horned Clubtail dragonfly. I am not real sure but it is a dragonfly .. for sure. 😳
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We have not seen many buterflies but the dragonflies are very active. This is a Eastern Pondhawk. It is a skimmer. I love the details.
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We are starting to see some of my favorite insects. This is a Widow Skimmer .. they king of skimmers. I love photographing them. Check out the details. Very cool.
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We stayed over night in downtown Des Monies, Iowa recently. What does a couple in love and with a passion for hiking in nature do when they find they have extra time, good weather and a new place to explore? Of course, we took a nice walk.
The brick and mortar of the city is nothing like where we normally hike, but that did not stop use from photographing a little bit of nature. We saw this Chinese Mantis (Praying Mantis) several times. I mean, we waked by this intersection at least 4 times, and he moved around, but not far. Finally, he climbed the walls of the building.
This is an adult chinese mantis. I read a second site with some interesting information. I wanted to confirm some details, including how to identify one. The "adult Chinese mantis is brown in color with brown wings with a green edge" See also this info
Get out and take a walk .. you may be surprised at the variety nature can reveal regardless of where you are.
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Welcome to the home of the Bald-Faced Hornet. This hornet is a relative of the yellowjacket. They can be very agressive so I recommend not provoking them.
A few facts from Wikipedia:
Bald-faced hornets are omnivorous, and considered to be beneficial due to their predation of flies, caterpillars, and spiders. Their aggressive defensive nature, though, makes them a threat to humans who wander too close to a nest or when a nest is constructed too close to human habitation. They vigorously defend the nest, with workers stinging repeatedly, as is common among social bees and wasps. The bald-faced hornet has a unique defense in that it can squirt or spray venom from the stinger into the eyes of vertebrate nest intruders. The venom causes immediate watering of the eyes and temporary blindness. wikipedia.
And a bonus: I think this is a Persimmon tree.
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