Insects and Spiders

Amberwing

This tiny little dragonfly stopped by just long enough to pose on the seed head for me. Eastern Amberwings are one of the smallest dragonflies I run into. They mimic wasps to keep their predators away. They will wiggle their wings and abdomen in the same way that wasps move.
Female Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)

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