Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Sleeping Wasp (Sphecidae Family) on Blazing Star (Largo)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Female Cicada laying eggs in a stalk of Liatris (Largo)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > White Peacock Butterfly (Largo)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Newly emerged adult cicada (Largo)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Wandering Glider Dragonfly on Liatris Spicata (Blazing Star)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > WANDERING GLIDER/BLAZING STAR

Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens) on Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
A series of images combined on 7 layers.
Dragonfly authority Sidney Dunkle calls this species “the world’s most evolved dragonfly.” Wandering Gliders fly thousands of miles over the oceans feeding on "aerial plankton" and can be found around the world.
These gliders are one of the few dragonfly species that migrates. Twice in three years I have found up to twenty-five at a time in my front yard bed of tall grasses, where they spend the night perched two and three on a stalk. It is an amazing sight.
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > SCARLET SKIMMER

A male Scarlet Skimmer (Crocthemis servilia) on stalk of dwarf Fakahatchee Grass (Tripsacum floridanum) 
A series of images combined on 9 layers.
No need to ask where this dazzling dragonfly got its name. The Scarlet Skimmer is another species introduced into Florida—from Asia in 1975.
You may notice a number of insects are shown perched on dwarf Fakahatchee Grass. A patch of it, mixed with other grasses and wildflowers, hosts a multitude of diverse insect life in my front yard. When I want to take photos, I often sit in the midst of these 3-foot tall grasses and simply wait for a subject.
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Four-spotted Pennant Dragonfly on Bulrush (St. Petersburg)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Scarlet Skimmer Juvenile Male Dragonfly
Sleeping Wasp (Sphecidae Family) on Blazing Star (Largo)
Christina Evans (cgstudios) > Sleeping Wasp (Sphecidae Family) on Blazing Star (Largo)
Sleeping Wasp (Sphecidae Family) on Blazing Star (Largo)
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