Friday, August 30, 2013

Lovely little dragons...

Seaside Dragonlets, to be precise. (For once, the female of the species is more colorful!) 2013 has been a fantastic year for dragonflies, and the Avalon yard was swarming with these wee beauties (only a couple of inches long) at the end of July. They are the one odonate species that can handle salt water in its nymph stage...





"Obelisking" to keep cool (lowers the exposed surface area)...