I’m in the process of reviewing photos that I took through the summer, and came across this one of a dragonfly. It was resting on our hydrangea, and stayed in place long enough for me to take its picture.
We are always glad to see the dragonflies come in early summer. At times we have large swarms of them over our land and lake. Other than the interesting scene, the reason we like seeing them is because they help with the mosquito population … which we seem to get enough of quite quickly and easily.
Apparently, even when they are nymphs, they like to eat mosquito larvae and other insects, etc.. When they become dragonflies, they continue to like similar things, and will eat mosquitoes, other small flying insects, and even butterflies, moths and bees. I think I appreciate the fact that they eat the mosquitoes and keep their population under control.
There are around 2,500 types of dragonflies. I tried to find out what one this is, and it looks like a male Widow Skimmer, according to ON Nature website. They are all interesting to look at. Isn’t it interesting that God has made such variety even in dragonflies.
