See what I found on my bamboo- He was so blue he looked fake!
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That is one big dragonfly. I’ve never seen one that blue either and of course I’m jealous you have bamboo in your yard! We used to have an entire area in the bushes behind my grandma’s house in Jamaica that was darkened by a cluster of bamboo. You always have such nice nature pics.
OMG I love bugs and insects (in fact thinking of getting some ticks specially delivered for Sept) …….
What a size, what are you leaving out for it it eat, gets much bigger it will be nipping at Jake in the yard
Wow, I’ve never seen one so big. The blue is beautiful.
That’s nuclear mutant dragonfly. Sheesh! Steph
Electric Bug-aloo Dragonfly!
We’ve had more dragonflies than usual around here this year (don’t usually get many, since there are no water sources). I love watching them.
Good pics, Julia.
Blue Skimmer or Azure Skimmer. South Louisiana was full of them, dragons and damsel flies, large and small. They are gifted fliers because those independent wing sets enable them to turn on a dime, hover then accelerate rapidly. They eat flies and spiders and small critters that give the fairer sex the “heebie-jeebies” yet are frequently the prey of birds, lizards and chameleons. We used to tie kite string to them and lead them around as if they were pets.
That is insane! What kind of wacky, prehistoric bugs do you have in California?
I’ve never seen a dragonfly this big, Penny. At least now out here. And he seemed to want to, you know, just sorta hang with me! Funny!
I can see you doing that, John. Did you name them?
I’m wondering what on earth it’s doing out here on the West Coast. We have tiny dragonflies. Interesting - I didn’t know they were carnivorous. I’ve only seen them drinking water off my plants. I guess I figured they ate… water.
Jaye - I’m a big fan of dragonflies, walking sticks, preying mantises, bees except for yellow jackets which are wasps, spiders, mosquito eaters, butterflies thus obviously caterpillars, big old moths don’t bother me. I’ll have to do a post on the giant bugs in Iowa.
I don’t think we have a nuclear waste site nearby, Stephanie, but one never knows!
Amber, the blue was perfect. He looked like a child’s toy it was so perfect!
Oh you wouldn’t dare, Tom! I’m having a recurring nightmare about a tick in my cast! Fortunately Jake didn’t see it. He’s afraid of bugs.
Hi Delilah. We have flowering bamboo or something like that. It’s not as thick and pretty as regular bamboo. And yes, he was impressive! Thanks!
Wow, twice the size of ours. I love dragon flies, hummingbirds and preying mantises. My favorite is the Monarch butterfly. For years we didn’t have any, but the last two years they’ve come back.
What do you feed the insects out in California? That thing is huge. It’s beautiful, but huge! Just amazing… lucky you got a picture before it took off.
I don’t know, Casey. I’ve never seen a dragonfly this big before, at least not out here. They are this big in Iowa. He stuck around or a couple hours. He’s my bud!
Oh I love Monarchs, Stephanie. When we first moved her there was lots of open space around us and we were right in the path of some kind of fuzzy caterpillar - they’d cover our house with cocoons and hatch into black and red butterflies. Most of the open space has been built up so it’s very sad. No more caterpillars. My kids used to catch them, put them away and wait for the butterflies to hatch. My daughter hatched 20 at once!
That is a photograph of an alien spy drone… They’re watching you. : )
I love Monarchs we live behind a park and nature corridor where the butterflies fly through en masse every November and March, they’re stunning.
XXOO Kat
Oh wow, that is so pretty and amazing..I love when you find little things of nature…
He is amazing Savannah. I always assume the pretty bugs are boys except for spiders in which case the females are much larger than the males.
How long was it? I’ve seen blue damsel flies, but not blue dragonflies. Maybe it’s really a fairy…
Four inches long, Marie, from the top of his head to the tip of his tail. Impressive! I thought about the fairy…