Nature Notes (#388)~I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.~Robert Browning

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Well it feel like fall now and the cold rains are here. Soon there won’t be any bees buzzing in my garden. I really enjoyed them this year with the two new garden beds and all the new plants….. There is one dragonfly left to see until it gets too cold…

Meadowhawks. Which I have found out can be difficult to identify unless you have one in hand and know what you are doing. I don’t catch them and don’t know what I am doing so I am going to present them as “meadowhawk” unless identified by someone who knows.

Libellulidae, Skimmer Family
The meadowhawks form a group of small, late-season skimmers that can be difficult to tell apart. The Kalosympetrum subgenus in particular, which includes the ruby, white-faced, cherry-faced, and Jane’s meadowhawks, are often difficult to distinguish and their taxonomic status is not in agreement among experts. To identify meadowhawks, notice the coloration of the face, legs, and wing veins in addition to the body.

Matings looks very gymnastic and painful…

Nature walks are wonderful. But you don’t have to travel to special location to enjoy Mother Nature. There is so much to see in your own neighborhood or even in your own back or front yard. Get a guide-book of the wildlife in your area and learn the calls of birds and frogs and toads. So many times I hear a bird that lets me know what I am looking for in the trees.

Have a wonderful nature filled week!

9 thoughts on “Nature Notes (#388)~I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.~Robert Browning”

  1. wow i learned a bunch about nature and meadow hawks not larks…lol! i’m thrilled with cooler temps almost we are still 90 in utah but with chance of rain and 70s not too far away.

  3. We have had a lot of dragonflies around our lake this summer, but I have not had much time to study them – it doesn’t help that they are quite flighty! Thanks for the education, and for hosting NN!

  4. Although I’ve NEVER seen this variety, I am going to look for them around here, Michelle. They are beautifully marked and colored, aren’t they (Fall colors?) As always thank YOU for the passing it on…:)JP

  7. Oh I know and can even accept that nature isn’t always pretty — but gosh — that meadowhawk mating ritual seems unnecessarily cruel. Yikes! But it is a pretty insect and I’m impressed that you know as much as you do. I’d never heard of them before. …. The daisy and aster fields on your side bars are so pretty and I really like the picture about kindness in a cruel world.

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