Blue 
eyes, blue body, and blue wings, that is. First shot is a Swamp Darner I found on the bike path this morning while I was out riding- this is one of our larger dragonflies. It was in the process of expiring due to unknown causes, so i brought it home with me, took a few closeups, and dropped it off at Huntley Meadows so they could use it as a teaching aid.
The next shot is a Great Blue Skimmer, also fairly large. This species is abundant at Huntley- they were busy chasing each other around being territorial in the Cattails. They're also very approachable, so getting nice shots of them isn't hard.
The last shot is a Red-spotted Purple (the red spots are on the underside of the wings) on the boardwalk. For a change we're having a warm day with relatively low humidity, so the boardwalk in the afternoon was bearable.
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