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Veronnica Hastings took this picture of a blue-fronted dancer in July while kayaking the Broad River in northeast Georgia. Taken with her iPhone, she wrote, “I couldn’t believe I got this close!” According to the website Insect Indentifier, the blue-fronted dancer (Argia apicalis) is a damselfly that flits and bounces as it flies making it a natural choreographer.
Veronnica Hastings took this picture of a blue-fronted dancer in July while kayaking the Broad River in northeast Georgia. Taken with her iPhone, she wrote, “I couldn’t believe I got this close!” According to the website Insect Indentifier, the blue-fronted dancer (Argia apicalis) is a damselfly that flits and bounces as it flies making it a natural choreographer.
By Arlinda Smith Broady
May 3, 2017

Calling amateur photographers!

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A Midwesterner by birth, but a Southerner by heritage, Arlinda Smith Broady has a combination of solid values, easy-going charm and unrelenting thirst for knowledge that makes her a not only a dedicated journalist, but a compassionate community member. She seeks truth and justice, but is just as eager to spread good news and share a witty story.

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