“Hey Blue Eyes”, these Mayflies are very small. About 1/2 inch long and are really jumpy. Apparently they don’t like that huge one eyed camera creature slowly encroaching on their personal space.
I have to get 9 inches away for this close a shot. Sort of photoyoga sometimes.
Location: Bliss DInosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands.
A Dragon Fly doesn’t need much of a landing strip, one of the longest surviving critters on the planet that were up to 6 foot in wingspan during the Carboniferous periods in Pennsylvania for instance. They got big. This one was about an inch long, jumpy and he didn’t like the big one eyed monster trying to come within 9 inches of him.
Location: the backyard of the homestead at the Bliss DInosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands.
Blue Eyed Dragonfly close up.
