Dragonfly

The dazzle of its wings is what I noticed first, then there were two of them, dragonflies. Do they bite, I wonder? if they do, I don’t know why I bob and weave around them.

There is a dragonfly sanctuary in the United Kingdom; I wish I could go there and hold a dragonfly in my hand, even though I would be really scared.

Dragonflies come in all kinds of colors. The ones in NY are mostly blue, but I am just guessing because I have never seen one stay still long enough for me to really check its colors.

I have read that dragonflies can be blue, green, purple, brown and sometimes red. The females have a golden-brown color.

In the United States, the rarest dragonfly is called the Hein’s Emerald

Dragonflies live mostly in the Midwest and are on the endangered species list.  It is illegal to kill, harm, harass or collect dragonflies according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

It is said that seeing a dragonfly is good luck and as soon as you see it, make a wish and it will come true.

Some dragonflies migrate just like birds; they go from Cuba to Canada, but they are so small they are hard to track.

Dragonflies live near water so they eat mosquitoes, fish, bees, beetles, moths, butterflies, other insects and their larvae, sometimes tadpoles and sometimes each other if they are hungry enough. Yucky. I guess they are not picky eaters.

In the meantime, here in NYC, in this hot summer, dragonflies are very common. I will try to take a picture of one next time if he graces me by holding still enough for me to get my phone camera out.

  

Carry on dear dragonflies, I will look for you in the skies for the rest of the summer.

Georgia P.

8.1.20