Yesterday, for the first time this season, I took the “ode rig” along with me on my daily walk.*
I was rewarded with some nice photos of calico pennants (see below). The individual in the first photo is a male and the other two individuals are females; the one in the third photo is carrying a number of mites both on its abdomen and it thorax.**
In addition to the half dozen (four male and two female) calico pennants I observed, I also saw a single male meadowhawk and a number of female spreadwings.
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* There was a light overcast and the temperature was about 70 deg. F. I was out from about 1 to 3 PM.
** Something has happened to my ability to caption individual photos in the gallery. Thus, these descriptions will have to suffice.