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14
Oct
There are three stages in the dragonfly life cycle – egg, nymph and the adult dragonfly. Today’s blog features dragonfly nymphs. They look absolutely alien! The eggs are laid in water and the nymphs live in the water only to come up on shore on a suitable day for the adult dragonfly to emerge and unfurls its beautiful translucent wings. These photos were taken in June alongside a small creek and there were many nymphs on the grass in various stages of emergence. It was quite fascinating to watch. It looked to be a struggle crawling out of the casing and took quite a while but, after freeing themselves of the nymph casing, the dragonfly would slowly unfurl its wings and then proceed to dry them before taking to flight.
Below: The empty nymph shells stuck to the side of a boathouse.
Enjoy!
~Sharon
2 Comments
June Smith
3 yearss ago
good morning — you really do some amazing work
It is wonderful that you share it with us out here
thanks again
June
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Hi – so pleased to hear you are enjoying the blogs. It took quite a long time for the whole process from wiggling out of the nymph casing and drying out wings before taking to flight and was very interesting to watch.
Sharon