Detail of the sunlit purple flower of The President clematis (Clematis x ‘The President’).
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
June 19, 2011
Sunset fades into twilight over Lake of the Isles.
Lake of the Isles
Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 3, 2011
Pollen grains dust the legs of a male hoverfly (Eristalis stipator), also known as a flower fly, as it seeks nectar from the purple flower of a Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).
Maple Grove, Minnesota
July 9, 2011
A male Twelve-spotted Skimmer dragonfly (Libellula pulchella) catches a damselfly by the end of its abdomen. It was apparently an inadvertent move, as the dragonfly flew away soon thereafter and left the damselfly in peace. The damselfly may be an Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum), but I’m not positive.
Cedar Lake
Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 2, 2011
Lake Calhoun at sunset with the Minneapolis skyline in the distance.
Lake Calhoun
Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 3, 2011
Detail of the seed head of a poppy flower (Papaver sp.).
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
June 19, 2011
A hoverfly (Toxomerus marginatus) picks up pollen from a narrow-leaf hawksbeard flower (Crepis tectorum).
Maple Grove, Minnesota
June 15, 2011
An outcrop of Precambrian basalt on a wooded island, reflected in the St. Croix River.
St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota and Wisconsin
June 16, 2011
An unidentified weevil walks on the emerging flower of a red clover (Trifolium pratense).
Maple Grove, Minnesota
June 15, 2011
A male northern bluet damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), also known as a common blue damselfly, rests on a thistle leaf.
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
June 10, 2011
