The Itsy-Bitsy Ones

Lake Dimmick does not disappoint: it's a big lake, with a big beautiful sky, and tiny Odonate jewels. One must remember to look down in the brush where they hunt and eat, warm their wings and cool their bodies.

Lake Dimmick

Here are two of my favorite teeny-weenies: a female Little Blue Dragonlet (roughly an inch in length, or a little less) and a female Eastern Amberwing (about an inch in length, or a little less).

This is the Little Blue Dragonlet.

A dragonfly obelisks, turning the underside of her abdomen toward the sun to cool herself. This is the Eastern Amberwing.

Wing warming.