Category: insects

Dragonfly (Odonata)

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I came a cross this little beauty, a dragon fly, on a little rhododendron bush in my garden. I watched it for a while and thought it was a pity I didn’t have my camera with me. Just in case it would be there for a while I ran in to the house and fetched my camera and luckily the little dragonfly still was resting on the same little bush. I was so happy as these insects don’t sit still for a very long time. I do not know what type of dragonfly this is, but worldwide there are over 3000 different types, in Norway there are only 48 types.

Ladybird

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Little red bug
fluttering about
resting in
colorful gardens
and flowering fields
making children
shouting happy
summertime
is just the best
Ladybird (Marihøne) – on nettle

Holly blue

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Celastrina argiolus or holly blue is a common butterfly during spring in Norway (May to June). In Norway we call it “blåvinge” which means “blue wing” in English.

In the shot below the butterfly is resting on heather. I have always wondered why the English name on these beautiful insects is “butterfly”. Somewhere I once read that it originally was named “flutter by” but as it could be difficult to pronounce “flutter by” the right way it developed to be “butterfly” in stead. Can this be right? It is reasonable as “flutter by” is kind of an easy description of the movements of this beautiful insect. Does anyone know if this is right? Please feel free to comment below 🙂

In Norway we say “sommerfugl” which in English means “bird of summer”.