Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Amberwing

Female Eastern Pondhawk

Blue Dasher

I was out on one my photowalks and I found a tree that was covered in butterflies and moths. I guess it had flowers that they like to eat or something? I don’t know, but I’ve never seen that many butterflies together in place before, it was amazing.

I know I probably take too many photos of flowers, so I think I’m going to try only posting flowers only on Fridays. Those pointy red things probably aren’t flowers, but I have no idea what they are so they’re going in this post.

Carolina Saddlebags Dragonfly

Atlantic Bluet Damselfly (?)

I’ve been trying to get pictures of dragonflies for a long time, but it’s so difficult since they hardly ever stay still. I finally got this one and another damselfly (which seem to be much easier to get photos of). The key is to go out on an exceptionally hot day because it seems even the flies have a harder time buzzing around in that kind of heat and they’ll sit for much longer! I’ve already gotten a few more good shots of dragonflies (that I haven’t processed yet or else I’d include them) by going out during this heat wave. I was sweating buckets, but it was worth it!

Creativity Boot Camp, Day 8

Why is there not a website that helps you identify trees/flowers by picture? It seems to me that this is a really obvious website to make, but I googled my brain out trying to figure out what kind of tree this was and had no help. The few websites I could find that help with identifying things either had teeny-tiny pictures, with no close-ups or no pictures at all. I think this is some kind of crabapple or pear tree, but I’m really not sure. It’s pretty, whatever it is!

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