We had an emergence of dragonflies from the pond on Friday, which is strange, as I thought they spent a couple of years underwater as nymphs.
Not the best photos, but these are the husks they left on stalks of grass after breaking out of their nymph bodies. I find metamorphosis absolutely fascinating.
Above is a live one in the process of metamorphosing and below is a dragonfly sunning itself after having broken out.
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