Jun 242014
Along Piney Woods Church Road this afternoon I glimpsed a furtive ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata), a broad-winged damselfly typically encountered along woodland streams. After all the rain of late (and more predicted for this evening), this damselfly appears to have taken to wandering. He (or she) would shift perches if I came to close, so this photograph was taken with my zoom lens instead of in macro mode.
Surprisingly I have seen a few damselflies in our garden. Odd because water is a ways away. Maybe they were wandering too…
Karin, it seems like there are a lot of damselflies this year. And some of them are even allowing me to take their picture! The ebony jewelwing, though common, is among my favorites.