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Bo Zarts

(25,712 posts) Sat Feb 24, 2024, 07:12 PM Feb 2024

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Brown Skimmer Dragonfly (Possibly) - AKA "Snake Doctor"

My dad was a professor of entomology at the U. of Georgia, and he would have LOVED this photo! But he preferred that highly scientific, "binomial nomenclature" entomological descriptive: "Snake Doctor." So that's what I always call them.

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Texas Gulf Coast
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Brown Skimmer Dragonfly (Possibly) - AKA "Snake Doctor" (Original Post) Bo Zarts Feb 2024 OP

That's a great photo! Walleye Feb 2024 #1

Beautiful HAB911 Feb 2024 #2

I'm happy to give your great photo the fifth rec for the Greatest Page, my dear Bo! Wonderful shot! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2024 #3

Great pic of the bug! The twig resembles a lilac branch with growth buds awaiting spring, perhaps??? n/t Backseat Driver Feb 2024 #4

Walleye

(36,439 posts)

1. That's a great photo!

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Sat Feb 24, 2024, 07:15 PM

Feb 2024

HAB911

(9,371 posts)

2. Beautiful

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Sat Feb 24, 2024, 07:52 PM

Feb 2024

Snake Doctor is what we called them in Georgia, but have never heard it used here in Florida

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,475 posts)

3. I'm happy to give your great photo the fifth rec for the Greatest Page, my dear Bo! Wonderful shot! ♥ nt

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Sat Feb 24, 2024, 08:14 PM

Feb 2024

Backseat Driver

(4,639 posts)

4. Great pic of the bug! The twig resembles a lilac branch with growth buds awaiting spring, perhaps??? n/t

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Sat Feb 24, 2024, 08:17 PM

Feb 2024

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