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Gallery 8: Pond Life (click to enlarge)

Red-eyed dragonfly--possibly a male Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum)--warming its wings in the morning sun of an early fall day. Enlarge to see his feet clinging to the flower head.

© C.A. Mullhaupt

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A Green Frog (Rana clamitans) rests its foot on an upturned American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) pad amid a sprinkling of Duckweed (Lemnoideae). Can you spot the snail?

© C.A. Mullhaupt

Decorative Koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) create a yin/yang pattern in ripples.

© C.A. Mullhaupt

A Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) enjoying the comfort and camouflage of a Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) on a summer evening. Per its Latin name, a Grey Treefrog can change color in seconds to match its background--hence this one being decidedly green. The Cup Plant is a robust, yellow-flowering herbaceous perennial.

© C.A. Mullhaupt

A decorative Koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) creates sparkling ripples in the sun.

© C.A. Mullhaupt

A female Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) walks across the surface of a lake on lily pads as she feeds.

© C.A. Mullhaupt

© 2023 by C. A. Mullhaupt.

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