Kayla, Joshua and I have created a bug hunting ritual into our summer daily lives. When weather permits, not rainning or too hot, we take a little walk on our farm or to "Larry's Lane" to look for bugs. We sometimes also find interesting creatures in our herb garden. Our rule is simple: If it looks scary, (like a spider, or something that we don't recognize) leave it where you find it. I always bring my camera and document our findings so we can remember what we saw.
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This blog is to showcase our findings, some whom we left in nature, some whom made it to our bug catcher for a short trip home and release later at the end of the day, lastly some whom we kept a little longer for observation. No animals are purposely harmed during this adventure, occasionally just a little smoothered by Joshua and we try our best to return every creature to their home just as we found them.


Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Damselfly

I've been fascinated with this creatures for a while. He is related to a dragonfly, kind of like cousins. In the real life he is very blue and also very fast. The size of a damselfly is about 25.4-31.75mm (1-1.25 inches). I don't have one of those fancy camera with telescopic lens so taking picture of bugs that only sits for a short time and doesn't let you come close is pretty tricky and can be frustrating. Then you add the kids element, they want to see what bug you find and sometimes they are not very quiet. I have to say though our bug leader is pretty good at sneaking up on bugs and being quiet, but we have to work on our bug assistant. He likes to come close to the bug and touch it.
If you see his "body" he has more blue than the previous one. There are many different species of this "blue" damselfly and one of the way the expert categorize them is by how much blue it has.

The picture above is taken by someone else and I just have to include it to show everybody how beautiful is this creature. Click on the photo to see more detail on the face. More info about damselfly: http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/damselflies/damselflies.htm
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1INSECTS/damselflyfax.html


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