Saturday, July 12, 2008

Dragonfly Emerging

Track of the day - KDF (live taster) - Prince Edward Island.

dragonfly

The bug crawled up out of the pond, the back of its shell broke open and a dragonfly started to emerge. Its wings were scrunched up like the centre of a lettuce but then they started to unfurl.
Grotesque but fascinating.
The last time we counted there were five of them at it. You can see a larger version of the picture here.

After a day or two hanging around and drying out they end up looking like this one. I think it's a Common Hawker but I'm probably wrong.

dragonfly


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