Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
We took a walk today along Croyden Creek, off of the old Avery Road cut below the Croyden Creek Nature Center. It was quite hot and there was no breeze to speak of. We heard a few birds, but mostly cardinals and robins with an occasional wren. I took pictures of a few plants and one of this ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata). They are quite common in the shady, humid creek-beds around us. This is a male, identifiable by the lack of a white dot on the wing, which the females have.