After emerging from it's cocoon, this male io moth spent the day drying it's wings a the tip of a crape myrtle stem. After a full day of getting the opportunity to photograph this beautiful moth, it flew off just after sunset.

Its hovering flight is a distinguishing feature; it flutters its wings so quickly that it can appear orange and makes an audible hum.

Bees love Tidy Tips !

DROH 8/27/2020

Physocephala rufipes a member of the Conopidae species of thick-headed flies. Looks threatening but is totally harmless as an adult feeding on pollen. Its Larvae are not so nice as they are parasitic on Bumblebee larvae.

A beautiful hummingbird moth in evening light. Olmsted County MN

Dioctria oelandica

Migrant Hawker Oct 31st 2015

Enallagma signatum (Male)

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Meijer Gardens - Grand Rapids, MI

Helios 44-2

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An emerald colored dragonfly rests briefly on a twig.

The only one I've seen so far this year.

On Thistle

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