Cherish is my favorite word, and I cherish the ability of turning the routine into a beautiful moment.
Nature creates in me, a spiritual and meditative time to bring peace, harmony and balance, into an otherwise ordinary day~
Mary Howell Cromer







Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Another Smiling Dragon~

This past Saturday, we took a drive into Lousiville and visited a park with a nice pond.  Along the pond is a nice path and I walked it, while Bill was walking our pup-cub.  I could only get close to one Dragonfly, which to the best of my knowledge, checking out the Dragonfly identification guide for Kentucky is a female Banded Pennant.  The point is... it was smiling at me and I am sticking with that story ;)

* Note...The guide below is all that I have to go on.  When I have contacted these people in the past, they have each time, said to refer to this guide.  Even in doing this, mistakes still keep being made.  Once again thank you Randy Emmit who says it is not a female Banded Pennant, as was shown in guide below, but a male Halloween Pennant. Our KY guide does not even show such an insect for our region called a Holloween Pennant.  Those Dragons do get around then ;)



http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/dragonflies/dragonflies.htm

University of Kentucky Entomology/Kentucky Critter Files/Kentucky Insects/Dragonflies













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11 comments:

  1. AleRJuly 27, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    Lovely! I like the colors!

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  2. Randy EmmittJuly 27, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Mary,
    Lovely photos, you did well. This is a male Halloween Pennant, the orange wings give away its ID easily.

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  3. Bob BushellJuly 28, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    That is a wonderful dragonfly, it's a blinder, those beautiful colours, well done Mary.

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  4. grammie gJuly 28, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    Hi Mary...First I want to thank you so much for dropping by with your very kind words for me about the loss of my kitty Mona...that was very nice!!
    Your post of the dragonfly is great...what a beauty this one is ...very nice photos!!
    Good going on your ID : }
    Grace

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  5. Phil SladeJuly 28, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    Beautiful shots of a beautiful insect Mary. Just superb colours and markings.

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  6. LauraJuly 28, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    gorgeous Mary!

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  7. tw3July 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    Absolutely fabulous.
    You photography is exquisite.

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  8. DrillerAAJuly 28, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    Gorgeous captures. I've seen several of these around the house this year, but have not made the effort to photograph them yet.

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  9. FABJuly 29, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Superb series of this very colourful dragon Mary. Hope you have a great weekend. Cheers FAB.

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  10. Rúben NevesJuly 30, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    Pretty and majestic. Very nice colors and definition. Congratulations.

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  11. The Giraffe Head TreeJuly 31, 2011 at 5:38 AM

    How very amazing. My first visit to your blog shall not be my last! Exquisite - everything. Found you via Flower Hill Farm...

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