camouflage

 

damselfly aerials

blend so well with background grass

perfect illusions

 

(by julia mlynarek)

exuvia

 

a ghost of the past

memories of younger days

still poised on a twig

 

to a house fly

 

always landing where it shouldn’t

flying around my head or lamp

sometimes a dark spot on my wall

 

(by anna solecki)

mayflies 3

 

wings unfold and dry

fragile signals of solstice

goodbye fish, I’m free

 

(by chris buddle – reposted with permission from arthropodecology)

mayflies 2

 

fleeting life on land

triangle wings on brick wall

fly into summer

 

(by chris buddle – reposted with permission from arthropodecology)

distraction

 

we were on our way to a celebratory lab lunch on a hot day

but the girls saw ladybird larvae on a spiraea bush

so we stopped in the sun and watched them hunt

 

mayflies

 

up from the river

dancing on the wind at last

short lives in long tails