https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139428819
Only living picture of this orange beauty — and my personal favourite observation 
Autumn meadowhawk?
i dont actually know, here is a link to the observation
One of my bugs finally made research grade and I was putting it my True Bug file and I ran across a few other bugs in the file that fit this topic. This is just a couple from the file that fit I have others. I was surprised as I went through to see how many had orange coloring in some portion of their being.
Two Spotted Stink Bug
St. Andrews Cotton Strainer
Small Milkweed Bug
Eastern Box Elder Bug
Chrysoritis palmus - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192216884
Ceriagrion glabrum - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150641725
Leucospermum cordifolium - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142471521
Oh, that is a beauty! Here in New England we don’t have many snakes, they slumber all winter, and none are that pretty…
@drinkingjetfuel, I jumped in and submited a genus-level ID for your dragonfly, and tagged a couple of other people in the coment. I think that it’s a Saffron-winged Meadowhawk, based on the color of the wing venation and pterostigma, and lack of visible patterning on the abdomen. Hope that you don’t mind. 
Do NOT insult garter snakes! Or red-bellied snakes, or milk snakes.
Oh, I agree those are all pretty! I meant not as pretty as that one, especially since that’s such a nice photo of a very elegant creature.
Perhaps I should have said “none are as colorful” … or “none are quite so orange”
Apologies to all snakes everywhere, for an unintended slight! 
A Common Castor Butterfly which was kind enough to stay for a while so that I could rush off home, get my camera, and then photograph it.
Then a Dot-underwing Moth (Eudocima materna) which was HUGE (for someone who compared it with the tiny little moths) and I got the shot of it from under since it was on the other side of the window.
