CO insects

[hcarlton]

I don't often post in this section, but I happened to decide to catch images of some of the local arthropod fauna. I don't know insect scientific names, nor most of the common names, sorry
Dragonfly by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Damselfly by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
2-tail swallowtail butterfly by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Golden dragonfly by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Golden dragonfly by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[Knuckles]

How did you get it to not only land, but pause on your hand for that pic?

 

[hcarlton]

It was sitting on one of my pots, and was probably cold, as it was early morning, so I just picked him up, set him on my finger, then set him back down.

 

[ps3isawesome]

you're prob a dragonfly whisperer