I am not particularly fond of mosquitoes and flies landing on me, but I love it when a colorful dragonfly chooses to do so. Autumn Meadowhawks are especially friendly in this regard and my friend Walter Sanford captured some fun images of these little red beauties that had landed on different parts of his body (and even included a few photos I took of him with his little friends). Check out his posting!
The Autumn Meadowhawk dragonflies (Sympetrum vicinum) were especially “friendly” during a recent visit to Huntley Meadows Park, landing on me frequently as Michael Powell and I were searching for Great Spreadwing damselflies (Archilestes grandis).
My Photos
The following individual is a male, perching on the leg of my Columbia convertible pants. Regular readers of my photoblog know I’m especially fond of head-tilts in which the dragonfly seems to display some of its personality. Like this guy, who I imagine is thinking “What are you looking at? That’s right pal, I’m perching on your pants!”
11 NOV 2015 | Huntley Meadows Park | Autumn Meadowhawk (male)
The next photo shows two individuals perching on my pants, both females, as indicated by their coloration and terminal appendages.
11 NOV 2015 | Huntley Meadows Park | Autumn Meadowhawk (male)
The last individual is another female. I shot this photo…
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Mike Powell 
Thanks for reblogging my post, Mike. And why not? Half the photos featured in the post are yours! 😉