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Old July 27th, 2008, 09:48 PM
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Dragonfly and monarch pics

Pretty dragonfly sitting on my lotus flower bud.
Next is a pretty monarch. Last is a monarch that's been around the block a few times. Looks a little worse for wear.
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Old July 27th, 2008, 10:20 PM
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Those are fantastic shots - that dragonfly is particulary incredible!
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Old July 29th, 2008, 07:35 AM
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There are a few dragonflies with those type of wings around. There's another one with a striking white body. Haven't been able to get a good pick of that one yet. I keep trying though.

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Old July 29th, 2008, 07:53 AM
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Amazing photos clm ! We used to have tonnes of Monarchs in our yard because of all the butterfly weed I had planted (dogs have since trampled it all down ) . Do you purposefully plant certain flowers in your garden to attract butterflies or did it happen by accident?
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Old July 29th, 2008, 10:17 AM
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I planted one bunch of Joe Pie Weed on purpose for them. They love that plant, that's the one they're sitting on in the pictures. I have milkweed that comes up in the rock garden and leave a lot of it for the monarchs (they lay their eggs on it). Besides, those fat little milkweed pods remind me of the fun I used to have opening them up and seeing all the seeds float out when I was a child.
They go to other flowers in the garden, but I haven't really planted anything else special for them.

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Old July 29th, 2008, 09:56 PM
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Wow... we have the same kind of dragonflies around here--at least they look a lot like that. I've never been able to get a picture cuz they're too fast... That's a great shot!!!

I love Joe Pye weed, but doesn't it get pretty big? Not sure I have a sunny spot big enough for it...
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I want your camera!! You always manage to take such exceptional pictures!!!!
Beautiful! I think I have seen that dragonfly around too this year. And a few others. Lots of Monarchs too.

hazel - there is a dwarf Joe Pie Weed too. Here's a site.

http://www.soonerplantfarm.com/index...l&plant_id=484
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That's a great shot!!!
It's now the background on my desktop. I told my boys to not change it or I'll erase all of their stuff from the computer .
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It's now the background on my desktop. I told my boys to not change it or I'll erase all of their stuff from the computer .
And they probably have more stuff on that computer than you do.

Hazel, JoePie Weed does get about 3ft+ tall. I love it though, you can't kill it. The less fuss a plant needs, the better I like it.

14+, I love this camera too. It's a panasonic digital. Can't remember the model, but it has a very large zoom range on it and the image stabilization can't be beat. It was almost $500.00 cheaper than the Fuji my hubby bought me a few years ago, and while the Fuji takes remarkable pictures, it's a whole lot more difficult to operate than this one and the image stabilization on the Fuji isn't nearly as good as this, so in lower light situations especially, a tripod is a must for that camera.

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WOW..... beautiful pics.
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