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Gardening

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6. She won't eat much.

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 06:05 PM

Jul 2013

You are lucky to get such a great shot. I have always been stymied by dragonflies and all their flitting around.

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Check out who decided to hang out on my green onions. [View all] intheflow Jun 2013 OP

Now I know the name of them. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #1

The male of the species is very eye-catching. intheflow Jul 2013 #11

Lovely! brer cat Jul 2013 #2

Beautiful! silvershadow Jul 2013 #3

Very Cool... Yooperman Jul 2013 #4

Wow! I think you got a photo of a very rare dragonfly! intheflow Jul 2013 #10

Wow..is right! Yooperman Jul 2013 #13

Nope..not a Hine's Emerald Dragonfly :-( Yooperman Jul 2013 #16

That doesn't seem right, based on eye-color alone. intheflow Jul 2013 #17

Agreed... Yooperman Jul 2013 #20

if i remember right, i think we had those at the family lake in WI. pansypoo53219 Jul 2013 #18

make sure she doesn't take a big bite out of your scallions! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2013 #5

She won't eat much. Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #6

I thought dragonflies are insectivores. intheflow Jul 2013 #7

Good question burrowowl Jul 2013 #8

They are insectivores burrowowl Jul 2013 #9

I thought I remembered that! intheflow Jul 2013 #12

nicw shot! blondie58 Jul 2013 #14

I've got green onions in bloom right now xtraxritical Jul 2013 #15

Beautiful shot! Thanks for sharing. catbyte Jul 2013 #19

Thank you! Beautiful! oldandhappy Jul 2013 #21

The *are* the coolest things! intheflow Jul 2013 #23

She better not kiss anyone. Kurovski Jul 2013 #24

For some reason I have huge amounts of Dragonflies this year. greiner3 Jul 2013 #25

Thanks! A Whitetaill BlueToTheBone Jul 2013 #26