Happiness
Happiness is standing chatting to your husband in the sunny garden, and then glancing past him and going, “Whoa! Wait – what?!!” because there’s a perfect Large Red Damselfly about a metre away, on a fresh leaf of the red … Continued
Close encounter
The mini-heatwave that the weather forecast has been promising us arrived today, reminding me that however grumpy I get when it’s too cold or wet for my insect subjects to be on the wing, many of them don’t appreciate it … Continued
Another day…
… another Large Red Damselfly. This one, though, is a newly-emerged female, and – yay! – she came out of our little free-standing patio pond. Shortly after I took this she hied herself away to the trees to feed up … Continued
Damsel plus fly
Today we had at least six Large Red Damselflies in the garden at the same time, which I’ve never seen before, and for which I’m giving much of the credit to our wildlife pond. I counted an ovipositing pair, plus … Continued