Odes to Joy

Recently I have been spending as much time as I can outside (and when I am inside, I am spending all my free time on iNaturalist...give it a try!) I have enjoyed studying a few dragonflies and damselflies (odonata aka odes) in my neighborhood. 

Unicorn Clubtail

Marsh Bluet

Eastern Forktail

Orange Bluet

Eastern Pondhawk (female)

Familiar Bluet

Widow Skimmer

Common Green Darner

Slender Spreadwing (male)

Fragile Forktail

Blue Dasher

Eastern Pondhawk (male)

Sedge Sprite

Autumn Meadowhawk

Slender Spreadwing (female)

Twelve-spotted Skimmer