Road of Peas

This startling event happened on my last tour of little lakes in the area just west of Waldo Lake. I was in a clear flat area east of road’s end, and had just taken some pictures. I heard a sound I associate with mating dragonflies, and six feet off in the duff I found this fight. I managed three pictures before… well, I don’t really know what happened. They both disappeared.

The bee is tucked up under the dragonfly, you can see the tail end of its abdomen in each picture. The insects were spinning around very rapidly. I think most of the noise came from the dragonfly’s wings beating on the ground.

This post has been created for the Circus of the Spineless for September. It is number XIII, and will be hosted at Deep-Sea News.

Both pictures were previously posted without commentary at Middle-Fork. Here’s my picture of Waldo lake from Fuji Mountain. The dragonfly-bee encounter was just off the left edge of this picture.

EXTRA BONUS TRACKS! Added 22 September 2006

The Bee Dives Right In!

The Spider and the Fly: