On 5/9/2022 9:06 AM, Dean Hansen via olympus wrote:
Occasional List entomologist Dean weighs in here. The damselflies "doin'
it" have actually finished "doin' it",
How does one know that - doin' vs. what you describe below?
and the male (the one to the left)
is holding the female until she is done laying her eggs which he has
fertilized. He doesn't want a second male to horn in and also fertilize
any of her eggs, so he may even keep hold of her until she is done with the
underwater egg-laying process. Put "damselfly egg laying" into Google for
some interesting images and information.
Great shot, Moose!
Thanks!
The dragonflies doing the same thing were far less cooperative in posing. 😁
Here's another that I could know more about.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Olympus_List/Posts&image=_4270777-78cr2oofm70.jpg>
I assume it's a nymph that has been abandoned, but of what? None of the pix for
dragonflies or damselflies I found match.
Hatching Moose
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