Photographer: Ed Finney, Sarasota, Fla.

Summer in the South NEXT | START OVER | PREVIOUS A male Blue Dasher Dragonfly, Pachydiplax longipennis. As they go from adolescence to adulthood, their eyes change from bright red to a sort of turquoise green. This one is almost an adult. You can see a patch of the rusty red color left but around the edges the green or turquoise is becoming visible. Submit a picture. Copyright © 2005 Consolidated Publishing Co.