With slightly cooler temperatures, I spent some time next to the Bitterroot River in the company of multitudes of dragonflies and damselflies. They provide some extreme identification challenges, and heck, they are just plain cool to observe.
The early noon yawns I shake off my dreams
Dreamt I was a dragonfly lying by a stream
But skin and bone awoke to my world of make-believe
When I know I was a dragonfly dreaming that he’s me
~Wookiefoot
Northern Bluets in unionFour-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata)Four-spotted Skimmer (Libellula quadrimaculata) in a perfect poseDot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)You can really see the namesake dot on the tail of the Dot-tailed WhitefaceDot-tailed Whitefaces were everywhereDoes the Dot-tailed Whiteface see its reflectionThe large Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)A pair of Northern Bluets perchedNorthern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus) – a very gracile damselfly
