I got busy and watered at breakfast time and noticed a little blue morning glory flower. At lunch, a bold jumping spider took over the window. A Needham's skimmer dragonfly had damage to the tips of all four wings. I cannot figure out what could cause that. The day grew hot enough that some blue dasher dragonflies were obelisking.
For several days I had thought I was catching glimpses of a great crested flycatcher and today I saw it clearly among the green wild cherries. A skink galloped through the birdbath and was gone before I could get a picture. Hummers visited all day long. Baldy showed up with his lady cardinal. I went out front to move a hanging basket that we'd been treating for an infestation and found it was being guarded by a female great blue skimmer dragonfly.
I rescued some spiders, one a mother-to-be, and one small bug I thought was a spider but closer inspection made me think it was an assassin bug nymph, possibly a wheel bug. It seemed to be drowned in either case. I also fished out a drowned beetle with glittery wing covers and metallic abdomen. I was surprised when it revived. I think it was some kind of borer, hopefully not a major pest because it flew away. My best guess is Dicerca divaricata - Flatheaded Hardwood Borer.
After supper, I sat outside to read, There was enough light until a quarter to nine. By then, I'd seen two swallows high above me and a host of fireflies about two feet above the ground. There have been fireflies in the evening for about a week. Tonight there were also firecrackers.
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