Painted ladies rock. August 11, 2019 Painted ladies rock. It may look like a giant mosquito, but it’s a crane fly. It doesn’t bite. A meadow fritillary on butterfly weed. Purple Martins at their summer homes. The species name of the Widow Skimmer dragonfly means sorrowful as its wings seem to be draped in mourning crepe. A mother Rose-breasted Grosbeak feeds her fledgling. One of my favorites, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak I love the look of the tinted wings on a Halloween Pennant dragonfly. ← A gray tree frog.Life is good with gravy. →