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This damselfly is the first I've seen on an aster

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"Greenjacket" is quite uncommon, and extremely difficult to capture on film, as she moves fast!

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After many tries, we finally captured "Jelly Belly" on film. She's rare, fast, and spooky.
She's doing little nectar gathering; mostly she's gathering pollen by dragging her abdomen thru the stamens. Here's a rare nectar stop, that gave a little more time to photograph

Megachile inimica sayi?

A nice shot of a
megachilid

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More "Jelly Belly"

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Droneflies

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