{"id":17435,"date":"2014-07-22T18:39:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T22:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=17435"},"modified":"2015-01-27T06:25:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T11:25:55","slug":"dragonfly-eyes-at-truxtun-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=17435","title":{"rendered":"Dragonfly Eyes at Truxtun Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fhughvandervoort.com%2F%3Fp%3D17435&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p>I had an appointment this morning, so I didn&#8217;t get to spend much time hunting. It was just as well, as the humidity was brutal.<br \/>\nI went to Truxtun early, then to Ellen Moyers Park after my appointment. I didn&#8217;t find much, but there were lots of bees and wasps.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17440\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=17440\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17440\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17440\" data-attachment-id=\"17440\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=17440\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dragonfly-131.png?fit=1024%2C1022&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1022\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dragonfly \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This dragonfly was perched too high to reach, but he let me move the branch into view.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dragonfly-131.png?fit=584%2C583&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dragonfly-131.png?resize=584%2C583&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dragonfly \" width=\"584\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dragonfly-131.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dragonfly-131.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dragonfly-131.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This dragonfly was perched too high to reach, but he let me move the branch into view.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=17449\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17449\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=17449\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Wasp-45.png?fit=1025%2C845&amp;ssl=1\" 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