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Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts) Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:08 PM Jun 2024

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Blue beauty

Familiar bluet damselfly. Taken yesterday morning at The Wetlands at Long's Park, Lancaster, PA.

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Blue beauty (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 OP

Gorgeous! MLAA Jun 2024 #1

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #2

Wow. I like all your photos, but the blue, silver, and sharp detail here are incredible. Silent Type Jun 2024 #3

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #4

You outdid yourself with this one, Mousetoescamper! Diamond_Dog Jun 2024 #5

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #7

This is the prettiest damselfly of all you've posted but I still find them creepy 🤗 Deuxcents Jun 2024 #6

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #8

stunning Skittles Jun 2024 #9

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #15

A most beautiful and cooperative damselfly, my dear Mousetoescamper. Thank you. ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2024 #10

Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #16

Man, you really have an eye for this stuff. calimary Jun 2024 #11

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #17

Wow. Have never seen anything other than leaf green, brown stick.color out my way. Just RestoreAmerica2020 Jun 2024 #12

Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #18

wow AllaN01Bear Jun 2024 #13

Thanks! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #19

Nature is amazing Easterncedar Jun 2024 #14

Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Jun 2024 #20

MLAA

(18,677 posts)

1. Gorgeous!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:14 PM

Jun 2024

I really enjoy your posts!

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

2. Thanks!

Reply to MLAA (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:15 PM

Jun 2024

Silent Type

(7,340 posts)

3. Wow. I like all your photos, but the blue, silver, and sharp detail here are incredible.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:16 PM

Jun 2024

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

4. Thanks!

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:18 PM

Jun 2024

Diamond_Dog

(35,177 posts)

5. You outdid yourself with this one, Mousetoescamper!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:25 PM

Jun 2024

Just beautiful!

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

7. Thanks!

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:31 PM

Jun 2024

Deuxcents

(20,151 posts)

6. This is the prettiest damselfly of all you've posted but I still find them creepy 🤗

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:26 PM

Jun 2024

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

8. Thanks!

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:32 PM

Jun 2024

Skittles

(160,331 posts)

9. stunning

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 10:51 PM

Jun 2024

yes INDEED

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

15. Thanks!

Reply to Skittles (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 5, 2024, 07:37 AM

Jun 2024

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,472 posts)

10. A most beautiful and cooperative damselfly, my dear Mousetoescamper. Thank you. ♥ nt

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 11:25 PM

Jun 2024

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

16. Thanks and you're welcome!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #10)

Wed Jun 5, 2024, 07:37 AM

Jun 2024

calimary

(84,612 posts)

11. Man, you really have an eye for this stuff.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 11:48 PM

Jun 2024

And the camera equipment to go with it. Thanks for posting these photos of your remarkable subjects! Any thought about putting them together in a book? It’d be an amazing Christmas present for family and special friends.

I wish I knew somebody at “National Geographic” or some such.

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

17. Thanks!

Reply to calimary (Reply #11)

Wed Jun 5, 2024, 07:38 AM

Jun 2024

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,458 posts)

12. Wow. Have never seen anything other than leaf green, brown stick.color out my way. Just

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 11:55 PM

Jun 2024

..stunning erridencent blue! Thanks for sharing.nice to see something other than orangeSF!.

Buenas noches y paz. ✌️

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

18. Thanks and you're welcome!

Reply to RestoreAmerica2020 (Reply #12)

Wed Jun 5, 2024, 07:39 AM

Jun 2024

AllaN01Bear

(23,337 posts)

13. wow

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2024, 12:13 AM

Jun 2024

where i live , we get em spring and fall during migration period . not like we used to get many years ago;

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

19. Thanks!

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #13)

Wed Jun 5, 2024, 07:39 AM

Jun 2024

Easterncedar

(3,650 posts)

14. Nature is amazing

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2024, 12:41 AM

Jun 2024

Thanks for this marvelous evidence

Mousetoescamper

(5,509 posts)

20. Thanks and you're welcome!

Reply to Easterncedar (Reply #14)

Wed Jun 5, 2024, 07:40 AM

Jun 2024

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