Today Clintonia - AKA Bluebead Lily - was in flower.
On shorelines, dragonfly nymphal husks festooned vertical surfaces. The aquatic nymphs leave the water, climb any vertical structure and lock onto it. The skin splits and the adult dragonfly emerges. For the first few hours they are flightless, vulnerable and heavily preyed upon by, among other things, goslings.
And a Russet Alderleaf Beetle - of the aptly named Calligrapha family - posed for multiple pictures. There are about twenty-seven Calligraphic species (this one is C. alni) in the northeast, a fascinating and beautiful array of life worthy of Tiffany's but available for anyone with a little time - and luck - to admire.
John
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| Clintonia |
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| Dragonfly nymphal husk |
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| Russet Alderleaf Beetle |
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| Russet Alderleaf Beetle |
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