Showing posts with label insect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insect. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Fireflies in the forest


Sheltered from the wind against the steep slope of Macaulay Mountain, yellow lights blink in the dark forest, the fireflies' mating signal, Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Ontario.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Dangling dragonfly


My mountain bike captured a big dragonfly at Beaver Meadow Conservation Area. I must have ridden through a spider web in the woods where it had been trapped. I managed to pull most of the sticky web off of its delicate wings so it might have a chance at survival.