Female common bluetail damselfly tv#

When asked if his wife helps him, he joked that, 'No, she is my critic,' but that his work gave him an excuse to get out of 'honey do's'.ĭuring his talk, Pearl stressed the importance of education, and told us that he has set up scholarships for 'C' students, because everyone should have an education. He is the sole caretaker of his 3-acre garden, where he, incredibly, uses no water, no fertilizer, and no chemicals, to grow species that the experts say can't be grown in his area of South Carolina. He lives the example of the value of hard work, which doesn't seem like work at all, when one has a passion for what they are doing. Pearl is not only a genius at his craft, but he is also a man of good character, with a great sense of humor, as I could tell from watching the movie, and which was confirmed when I heard his talk at Quail Gardens. Since my words cannot begin to adequately describe his awesome garden, won't you please go to the web site and click on the link WATCH THE TRAILER? No doubt, you'll be as inspired as I was.

Female common bluetail damselfly tv#

Never having heard of him, I was so Intrigued by the TV ads for the movie, A Man Named Pearl, that I set my DVR to record it and have loved and respected Pearl ever since the first time I watched it. This image is dedicated to Pearl Fryar, Topiary Artist Extraordinaire, the one who drew me in to a re-acquaintance with the beautiful Quail Botanic Gardens, last Sunday, where I made this image. A recent study has shown that they can compensate for a whole wing loss and even successfully maneuver and catch prey.' I've never seen that, and it would probably take a laboratory It is one more thing that is so intriguing about odonates!įound it: Argia sedula, the Blue-ringed dancer, is a species of narrow-winged damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. What sets this one off is the following: 'The adult damselflies prey on small flying insects, caught using their legs like a basket to scoop the prey up while flying, or insects taken from leaves.' This damsel is the first I actually saw spot a tiny insect (probably a gnat) on a leaf, fly to it, scoop it up, and begin eating while making a few loops before returning to this rock by the stream.Īnother thing that separates them from other damsels is that 'Blue-ringed Damselflies are superb fliers and can alter each of their four wing's kinematics in order to maneuver. Though found mostly in Europe, the other two are found in North America, specifically at my dragonfly pond on the flank of Mt.

The Blue-tailed damselfly or Common bluetail (Ischnura elegans) or Blue-ringed damselfly is a damselfly, belonging to the family Coenagrionidae. I have something to keep me busy in winter if bird populations remain low. At this point in the season, I'm not that concerned about identification. This is a Blue-ringed Dancer, so close to the Blue-tailed Damselfly that I still haven't come to a conclusion. It's really disturbing: I didn't realize how much they've become part of my summer 'routine.'įortunately, I captured a 'bumper crop' in June and July, so let me go back a few weeks and show some of the more difficult to ID damsels and dragons I've found. Other than the smoke, odonates should have linked the heat and humidity, but I'll never know. It's almost ten days since I've been able to get out and look for my damsels and dragons. And if that doesn't satisfy you, remember how Kurt Vonnegut's catch phrase, 'And so it goes.' Look up the Latin root for 'amateur,' basically the love of something without compensation being the motivation. Quite often, my grandfather used to say, 'So long as you're happy.' In a way, that's what being an amateur is all about. No one comes up to a person photographing an elephant is asked, 'Whatcha taking pictures of?' or 'What kind of elephant?' You still have a one in three chance of being right. There are only three species of elephants. I mean, how wrong can you be calling a horse a horse or an elk a moose. Sometimes, I envy those who are 'into' large mammals.

The male's abdomen varies in colors, but is generally not black and blue.

This damsel could be a Common or Blue-tailed Damselfly which is found only rarely in North America. My two Flickr acquaintances in England who study and even raise moths must be in seventh heaven. There are 5,000 species of odonates in the world.