#bluet

[faguscarolinensis]

Houstonia caerulea / Azure Bluet at Penny's Bend Nature Preserve in Durham, NC

[knifeeater]

Things that are very clear are comforting, as are the things illuminated by the sun. Watching life pass me by on a bright sunny day makes up for a lot. I forget endlessly, I forget more than I could remember. My translucent, airy heart is pierced by the sheer sufficiency of things, and it is enough for me to gaze on them fondly. I was never anything more than an incorporeal vision, with no soul apart from a vague breeze that came and then was gone.

Fernando Pessoa The Book of Disquiet transl. Margaret Jull Costa

[banji-effect]

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[forestd0ll]

⊹˚₊‧ common bluets (Houstonia caerulea), often found in creekside meadows or along forest cliff slopes ꕥ˚✧₊

[uxbridge]

Early summer flowers 1

[danskjavlarna]

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Some especially lovely butterflies and butterfly people are collected here.

[herpsandbirds]

here's a cool dragonfly that just sat on my hand for a bit! somehow it got inside and on god i'm breaking it out (also what kind of dragonfly is it? sacramento CA area)

Paxon:

Hello, yes, I'm pretty sure that this damselfly is a bluet, genus Enellagma sp., family Coenagrionidae.

I'm not sure about this, but a few friends suggest that this is a Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile).

[spidersflower]

Familiar bluet (Enallagma civile)

almost impossible to get a good photo of, but they let me get a little close!