| June 10, 2009. Our damselfly population has exploded! Everywhere in the garden I look, I they are hovering and dancing, in their graceful ways. I credit our large pond with associated bog filter, which has given their larvae a place to hatch (my boys have found several newly-emerged, wet-winged damsels in recent weeks, to their great delight). This morning, as I was taking photos around the rock garden, one alighted on a penstemon bud, still laden with dew. I didn't notice until later that it had brought along some prey - damselflies feast on small flying insects. Go get them no-see-ums, ladies! |
