This beautiful green Dragonfly was seen in Florida. It is a young male Common Pondhawk.
Odonata Big Ridge State Park August 16, 2007 This is a comical little dragonfly, I enjoyed seeing the way it perched on the aquatic plants. One of the nice habits of dragonflies is that they are highly territorial and often return to their original perch. I found that if one flew away before I took a photo, if I waited long enough, it would come back.
Big Ridge State Park August 16, 2007 I thought of the passage about how "Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun" while I was chasing dragonflies on the hottest day of the summer! The high temperature reached 103 degrees F that afternoon! That is really hot for east Tennessee. Fortunately, my nice photos made it worth sweating! This was a really beautiful dragonfly, I enjoyed watching them cruising the edges of the lake.
