Dragonflies,
Talk about a beautiful creature….Scott treats them as pets and lets them dry their wings while catching a ride on his shirt:) Great for keeping all other bugs at bay!!! I never really read about dragonflies before so here’s a little info on the life cycle of a dragonfly:
Once the dragonfly eggs hatch, the life cycle of a dragonfly larva begins as a nymph. A nymph looks like a little alien creature. It hasn’t grown its wings yet and has what looks like a crusty hump hanging onto its back. Dragonfly nymphs live in the water while they grow and develop into dragonflies. This portion of the dragonfly life cycle can take up to four years to complete, and if the nymph cycle is completed in the beginning of the wintertime, it will remain in the water until spring when it is warm enough to come out.
Once the nymph is fully grown, and the weather is right, it will complete the metamorphosis into a dragonfly by crawling out of the water and in our case onto our front wall. The nymph will shed its skin and will then be a young dragonfly. The skin that the nymph left behind is called the exuvia.
Once the dragonfly leaves the exuvia it is a full grown dragonfly. The dragonfly will hunt for food and begin to look for a mate. Once the dragonfly finds a mate, the female will find a body of calm water that will be a good place to lay her eggs, and the life cycle of the dragonfly begins all over again. Adult dragonflies only live about two months.
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