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Laura's clubtail - foty & rare

            Long story on this one:  the Lord brought me a yard Laura's sitting on one of my red zinnias in August 2019.  This one started as a large mystery dragon that would appear at last light when I watered flowers and try to lay eggs in water running down our driveway.  We couldn't see her well enough to ID her - and she would disappear in the fading light.  On this evening she started dipping on our blue-gray garage floor - I bent over and she was at my finger tips but constantly moving - I could see yellow flashing and thought she was a Laura's.  Unless I captured her - we'd never know what kept coming to our driveway.  I hate to net odes ... but I netted her and then we put her in a butterfly cage.  Hubby offered her a finger - she perched as he took her out of the cage - and she was gone!

She was indeed a Laura's clubtail!  They are rare (listed S3 for GA) - I get them at Little River but only in very good years.  She flew away unharmed to the small creek behind us (that eventually runs into Little River).  Thank you Lord!

>> female Stylurus laurae, rare, our North Georgia yard  6-21-22

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Taken on: June 21, 2022

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Camera: Canon PowerShot S5 IS, f/3.5, 1/125 sec, 25.2mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot S5 IS
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	25.2mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Windows
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