It is a hot, humid summer day. My shirt and pants are soaked with sweat as I wander through the meadow. Cicadas sing in the distance trees. Crickets chirp at the edges of the path.
Robust dragonflies perform acrobatic tricks in the air. Delicate damselflies flit back and forth between the tall blades of grass.
In the shade of a cluster of Staghorn Sumacs, a Meadowhawk (Sympetrum spp.) settles for a rest on a Common Milkweed leaf.
