Oh! No!

I didn't realize what the dragonfly had at first. It flew off a honeysuckle vine. I thought it had a flower. My pretty dragonfly ate one of my pretty butterflies! I know the dragonflies have to eat, but it made me a little sad.

The dragonfly gave me a little scare. It flew with the butterfly and landed on my shirt! I wish I had stayed still, so I could see it close up without my camera lens, but my natural instinct was to jump back! :0)

Thank you for your kind comments on yesterday's dragonfly pic!!! :0)

For a view of today's dragonfly that's less gory.
http://365project.org/cjwhite/my-little-world/05-16-2012

[Terry]

I have told you before , you are using up all my fav's. Wow, what a clear shot of this guy. nicely done

[Carolyn White]

@sarasdadandmom Thank you, Terry! You are too kind! :0)

[Yvonne]

Great capture, but sad too. I would have jumped!!!

[Kerri]

What a fantastic capture

[Kimmi]

Fantastic capture

[Sharon Lee]

Fantastic

[BeckyS]

Great shot

[bardejov]

Oh no he's got one your cabbage white stars. Fantastic capture, even though is kind of sad.

[Michael Girard]

Cool shot and story :)

[Jo Ann Bellone]

great shot of DF, sad shot of butterfly

[Robert Velten]

Great capture, guess it's a trade off. Dragonflies have to make a living somehow.

[Tara]

Poor butterfly. Great capture though.

[Kathryn Marshall]

Fantastic capture with great close up detail. Poor butterfly. I had forgotten that they eat butterflies. A fav.

[Pam Hawkes]

Great capture. It is part of the cycle. Too bad you had to see it.

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

Wonderful capture of this dragonfly and his dinner

[Lisa]

Oops! Still a fantastic photo!

[Jennifer C]

nature is cruel but your images are fab xx

[Paul Myers]

Nature, in general, is not pretty. Unfortunately, I would bet that 99.9% of all animals meet this kind of death.

[Ellen Young]

Wow this is Amazing and an Instant FAV! The focus is perfect!! ..One bug that has got me beat so far..The dragonfly! and you make it look so easy!! :)

[Pam Womack]

OH NO. Is this the same "cute" dragonfly from yesterday?? I just KNEW it wasn't normal for me to be calling a bug "cute!"

[Carolyn White]

@mackpwo I don't know if it's the same one, but it was in the same area. :0)

[Pam Womack]

Your photos are all consistently amazing (even though bugs give me the willies). I belatedly figured out what was "cute" about yesterday's bug. It was the eyes! Just like Puss-n-Boots from Shrek...the cute factor is all an ACT!

[PamSnaps1]

Oh how very lovely! :)

[Rach_who]

A tragic yet amazing capture.

[trude]

wow, another amazing shot.....lunch is served!

[Tony]

Amazing macro, sorry about the buterfly

[Dione Giorgio]

I would have done the same if that happened to me Carolyn. This is a stunning capture.

[Rick Schies]

Drama in real life.

[Carole Imes]

Horrors! Your dragonflies need to be trained to eat mosquitoes NOT butterflies ;-) Cool shot nonetheless.

[richard saffold]

i hope you at least scolded him for this.

[Susan T]

It is a really great capture though! I know how you feel; poor butterfly!

[Shirley Banford]

Awesome shot!

[bkb in the city]

What a great shot of the natural cycle of things.

[elkehochban]

How rude of him! At least you got a shot of it. ;-)

[K J Buehl]

Fantastic Shot of the dragonfly! Yes, nature has it's moments.

[Susan Pigott]

Very cool shot, even if it is a bit macabre. We can all just sing "Circle of Life," and feel better.

[karenann]

A stunning capture ... absolutely love your clarity and lighting. Wow .. nature sure has its way with "survival!"

[carol white]

Excellent shot!! Wonderful detail!!Faved!!

[❀ Lynn]

Excellent! Like beauty and the beast!

[Dawn Wilson]

i didn't know that dragonflies ate butterflies! :(

[Ramona]

very cool

[Margaret Tryon]

Oh my....what details.

[Lyn]

Oh, no is right - what a shame! But a great capture, nonetheless!

[cglist]

Such a nice composition - those eyes are amazing!

[Pyrrhula]

Very dramatic , very natural , very great timing and capture . A fav

[Anita Hoyle]

Sad, but brilliant! What a fantastic capture! Fav

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Just an amazing capture. It does hit home to use how we "like" certain bugs and wildlife, but in the end, they do have to eat! And you liked both of these bugs and someone was going to come out the loser. Sad.