Some Recent Likes!

Shadow Darner resting beside a Perch Creek trail. Shadow Darners have been an inspiration in Chinese and Japanese Folklore. Dragonflies in general are considered symbols of grace, courage, luck or happiness. 

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Aeshna_umbrosa/

Cicada (species) and nearby exoskeleton.

Grasshopper (species) claiming the grape bunch for his very own!

Metallic Bluish-green Cuckoo Wasp. Cuckoo wasps lay their eggs in the nests of other bees. When a Cuckoo Wasp larva hatches, it eats the other bee larvae. It is a parasite to a variety of bee and wasp species. They were introduced to North America. Their main predators are dragonflies and praying mantis'.

https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.php?identification=Cuckoo-Wasp

Mute Swan Family at Peers Wetlands.

I adore this cheerful juvenile male Common Yellowthroat who greeted us with a burst of sunshine on a cloudy morning in Canatara Park!

As a species of dragonfly, shadow darners are often connected with their relatives in China and Japan as inspiration in folklore or haiku. Dragonflies, in general, are often considered symbols of grace, courage, luck or happiness, and associated with spirits or gods.

s a species of dragonfly, shadow darners are often connected with their relatives in China and Japan as inspiration in folklore or haiku. Dragonflies, in general, are often considered symbols of grace, courage, luck or happiness, and associated with spirits or gods.

As a species of dragonfly, shadow darners are often connected with their relatives in China and Japan as inspiration in folklore or haiku. Dragonflies, in general, are often considered symbols of grace, courage, luck or happiness, and associated with spirits or gods. In Asia, it is thought that they also carry medical properties
As a species of dragonfly, shadow darners are often connected with their relatives in China and Japan as inspiration in folklore or haiku. Dragonflies, in general, are often considered symbols of grace, courage, luck or happiness, and associated with spirits or gods. In Asia, it is thought that they also carry medical properties

As a species of dragonfly, shadow darners are often connected with their relatives in China and Japan as inspiration in folklore or haiku. Dragonflies, in general, are often considered symbols of grace, courage, luck or happiness, and associated with spirits or gods. In Asia, it is thought that they also carry medical properties