The Dragonfly Whisperer

Well, it seems only appropriate that the Spot-winged Glider should have a turn in the "spot"-light. Betsy and I made a number of...

Betsy and I gave a dragonfly presentation last week at the Merc Playhouse in Twisp, near Winthrop, WA, for the Methow Conservancy. The prese...

On a recent trip back east, we noticed that the Blue Dashers there often have quite a bit of wing coloration—specifically, dark patches near...

On a recent trip to Heart Lake here in Anacortes, I observed a new behavior exhibited by the Dot-tailed Whiteface. Here's a picture of a...

We all know about colorful names for groups of animals—like a murder of crows, or a parliament of owls. For dragonflies and damselflies, a g...

In Arizona we have a small, orangish red dragonfly known as the Mexican Amberwing. Its small size and color make it a bit of a wasp mimic—pr...

We just returned from a trip to New England, where we saw a lot of dragonflies and damselflies that we don't see here on the west coast....