This beastie has made my yard his home this year, and has chased down and eaten a lot of bugs in return. I found him perched on my clothesline pole yesterday. Oh, okay..it’s more of a motorcycle parts line than a clothesline, but you get the picture.

There have been a lot of enormous dragonflies buzzing about lately. This is also a good time for damselflies…if you can find any wetland areas in this drought, poke around in the weeds and you’ll find thousands of little dragonflies and damselflies in an assortment of colors!