Blue Dasher Dragonflies Greeting Card | Green Island, Iowa

Delight a dragonfly lover with a fine art photo greeting card featuring two blue dashers at Green Island Wildlife Management Area in Iowa. Blank inside for your own words, it’s a thoughtful choice for a birthday, a thank-you, or a summer note to a fellow nature admirer.

Card details

• Size: Portrait folding card, 5” wide × 7” high
• Print: Archival pigment inks on archival glossy cardstock — colorfast and fade-resistant for years to come
• Interior: Blank with matte finish — write your own message
• Envelope: Archival white envelope included
• Frame it: The fine art photo fits a standard 5”×7” frame, so the recipient can enjoy it long after the occasion

The story behind the photograph

Two blue dasher dragonflies (Pachydiplax longipennis) perch on a strand of rusty barbed wire at Green Island Wildlife Management Area in Green Island, Iowa — one above the other, their iridescent blue abdomens and amber-tinged wings in sharp focus against a luminous soft-green grass bokeh background. One of the most abundant and recognizable dragonflies of the Upper Mississippi River floodplain, photographed here in a characteristically bold pose, stacked on a wire in a summer pasture.

A meaningful gift for a dragonfly enthusiast, Iowa nature admirer, macro photography lover, or anyone who has ever spent a summer afternoon watching dragonflies patrol a river floodplain.

About the location

Explore our natural-area profile of Green Island Slough in Iowa.

Back of card: Blank, with the Midwest Wilderness Connections logo and the following description along the bottom edge: “Blue dashers (Pachydiplax longipennis). Green Island, Iowa. — Midwest Wilderness Connections www.MidwestWildernessConnections.com”

Love this view? Explore the matching Green Island dragonfly fine art photo print.