Hi All, we were over the 1000 post mark on the last thread -- so time for a new one.

We came from here: The thread "Bee Friends and Other Garden Guests -- Four" in Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum

Thank you for starting the new thread, Christine.
Here's a red dragonfly, we get a lot of them around the pond here.

That Feather-legged Fly sure has a colorful abdomen. Mountain Mint Airport.

RobinSeeds said:That Feather-legged Fly sure has a colorful abdomen. Mountain Mint Airport.

Its wings were what impressed me the most. Like a soft Indian design almost.

cliftoncat said:Thank you for starting the new thread, Christine.
Here's a red dragonfly, we get a lot of them around the pond here.

Fire engine red!!

That looks more like Queen Anne's diner

Neat red dragonfly. I have seen magenta and sky blue, but no red ones.

Thanks for the new thread Christine.

I can't believe Cheryl spotted a caterpillar and I missed it! I blame lack of sleep!

One of my nature groups shared a photo of a red dragonfly the other day on Facebook and I was like "Wow" because I never knew they came in that color. And here's another one on our thread!

FYI, as for housekeeping issues, I locked the old thread so everyone must post here!

Chalcidid Wasps -Trigonura sp.
tiny little wasp with neat back legs

It's so tiny I would have missed it!

I think Mika's dragon is true red compared to my closest red -

this one looks redder

more brownish

I have seen the large Coppery ones, but the closest to red that I have seen is pink/magenta.

A few visitors

Nice Ronnie,
I see you've an Arlanthus Webworm Moth there on your Queen's Lace.

Wonderful pics, Ronnie!

I remember following a red saddleback dragonfly for months before I finally got a picture.

After three months of many days chasing, August 2010 ~

Thanks J and Christine...yes J, I wish it had opened it's wings.

Ronnie, that is what we fondly call a "Dr John" moth. Mac Rebbenac, musician, singer, New Orleans icon and snazzy dresser.


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hello chapter five

Nice shots y'all!

[quote="mellielong"
FYI, as for housekeeping issues, I locked the old thread so everyone must post here![/quote]

this might be a stupid question,
I understand locking a thread so that it dies off and there are no new posts to it and all--
but why does locking a thread have to prevent other functions???

like, say, for example, I wanted to quote someone's post near the end of that one (like queen ann's diner) to grab a photo and bring it over here to ask a question (like where is the caterpillar), why is it that locking a thread makes the quote capability, in this case for copy paste purposes, unavailable?
anyway--I found the caterpillar so I don't need to do that; but what if I ever wanted to quote butterflies for the butterfly thread or bring back someone's good id? about the only thing I can do is post a link to a post which might be marginally good enough in an 'emergency' but it is not at all the same.
I did see that I can edit my own posts, but that is the only thing that can be done once a thread is locked

luvsgrtdanes said:A few visitors

Wow, wow, wow Ronnie, I love this colorful 70's guy! All of them are great photographs!

Dirt, I'm not positive but I don't think you can quote from one thread to another thread, only within the thread you are on. Also on your quote above, it's missing the ]
after mellielong".

Great pics everyone!!