Placing the kayak in the pond, exploring
all the snail eggs from the water (see previous post for them). I spied
something unique and paddled on over. A dragonfly had recently emerged
from it's previous body.
It was hanging as you see here in the first
photo. Milky wings and a near transparent body. I stayed for an hour
photographing, watching, breathing with the near invisible pulse of it's
closed wings as they prepared to open.
Then I wandered off to other
things. Returning a half hour later, it had opened it's wings and before
night fall it had taken it's first flight.
Note how the color of it's
wings and body change from the first photo to the last, all in less than
two hours. I felt honored to witness it's birth.
Wishing you all a lovely day and beyond!
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