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electric_blue68

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8. Wonderful! Always saw them at our cousin's suburb's yard. Now

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:48 PM

11 hrs ago

in our facility's backyard I saw them last summer! The yellow, and green ones.

I didn't see them yet a few days ago. When the heat wave breaks I'll go down and check again.
Love them! 🥰

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