About as close to a dragonfly as I get now [Filler]

Bookmark from a set that Clare bought for her bookclub members. ETSOOI’ed beyond reasonable to [poorly] eliminate the tag and the distracting background.

Since my 55-250mm lens died, I have had no photos or posts of dragonflies, since they won’t tolerate me getting close enough with the 60mm macro lens before they fly away. I probably ought to get a new point-and-shoot that may allow me to get close enough, but I’m exploring another goal first.
» Not submitted to BugGuide for ID. ;-)

Looking back
  1 year ago: “Black and Yellow Argiope”
 2 years ago: “Gathering for a photo”
 3 years ago: No post
 4 years ago: “Pittock Mansion, Portland, OR”
 5 years ago: “'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple [Filler #21]”
 6 years ago: “Screwed”
 7 years ago: “Gray Hairstreak”
 8 years ago: “Red-spotted Purple”
 9 years ago: “Gray Hairstreak, posing”
10 years ago: “Concrete Camouflage”

[ PXL_20210906_204245143S675x900CsSctm :: cell phone ]

[Mags]

Sure is a pretty bookmark!

[Kathy]

Nice bookmark.

[GaryW]

Fun!

[Danette Thompson]

You might make a person’s day if you sent it in for ID!

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette Hahaha! If it were a butterfly, I might do that! I have a good [email] rapport with the regional coordinator for my region at Butterflies and Moths of North America. But the BugGuide site for all insects and spiders and crustaceans… That's more “decentralized” and “by the book.”
A few years ago, I did take a photo of my MIL's painted-steel flower and sent it to my plant systematics friend with a made-up scientific name. I think I also sent him a photo from Quebec City of a sculpture in front of a restaurant — forks, knives, and spoons were welded to a stem and assembled as a plant — again with a “prospective” scientific name! He appreciated the humor. :)