Dragonflies

"Lar" wrote in message
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Galen Hekhuis wrote:

We've had a "hard" freeze down here, the temperature got down into the
high
20s. It killed most of the bugs that were flying around. So I was a bit
surprised to see a dragonfly buzzing over the pond. I can see a fly
crawling into some crevice, and I could imagine a butterfly folding its
wings and scooting into some little crack to survive. But I've never
seen
a dragonfly fold its wings, it seems like it might need a somewhat bigger
space to survive. So where do these critters go when it gets cold?
Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
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I believe the only cousin in that family to actually survive the cold
Winter as an adult is a damselfly found in Europe.

Lar
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I don't see the original of this message from Galen. (?) The dragon flies
disappear from my ponds before the cold weather arrives in the fall. The
last insects of the year are a few moths fluttering around the outside
lights and the sad chirp of those last crickets before the first good frost
finishes them off.
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