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Today I Saw…

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a dragonfly.  I am happy my garden is the host to these guys since they are voracious predators of mosquitoes.

2 Comments

  1. Jim Fisk says:

    Steve Mirick is a local Odonatologist, and could identify this one, I’m sure. I have asked him for a picture of him tracking dragonflies with his net, but for some reason I haven’t heard back from him.

    Oh well, for more on dragonflies he said go to:

    http://mdds.umf.maine.edu/

  2. Anonymous says:

    A friend tells me this is a Spangled Skimmer, a dragon fly only found in coastal areas.