Longlegged Fly in Touch-Me-Not

Yeats' Longlegged Fly could not have been more beautiful than this shiny emerald specimen found hanging out inside a touch-me-not flower recently.

The fly was very still inside the flower and it left me to wonder about its behavior. Was it resting inside? Hunting for prey? Sometimes in nature you don't receive the immediate answers but you do enjoy the beauty.

Click on the picture for a larger view of the tiny fly inside the flower.

Touch-me-not

Touch-me-nots are blooming in the shade at many area parks.

These plants are said to be good for treating a myriad of skin ailments; rashes, poison ivy, athletes foot. 

They blow seed out of their seed pods when you touch or brush up against them; thus the name touch-me-not. They also shine like tiny little jewels in the shade. Which reminds me of another name for them; Jewelweed.