Damselfly suprise 2nd part

Lord Vetinari

After finding the damselfly in part 1, I went to look at the pond filter tanks. I found 2 empty nymph cases on the pond pump riser tube and actually spotted another 2 nymphs underwater sitting in a filter brush. I can only assume that the eggs or nymphs were swept into the tank from the main pond last year and spent their entire lives in the small tank with the pond pump helping to keep them warm. A little later I found another newly emerged damselfly just keeping above the water surface by clinging to a filter bristle which was sticking out of the water . I carefully moved it to a dryer spot on the lid of the main filter tank to elongate further and dry out. At least they kept themselves safe from the large koi in the pond.

Brian v.

Wicked_Dark

a terrific pictorial story. I've heard dragon & damsel fly nymphs are pretty ferocious in that phase of life, attacking and eating everything that crosses their paths. Don't they spend a couple years as nymphs? I can't remember exactly. yeah, I could google it. I know.

Lord Vetinari

Wicked_Dark wrote:

a terrific pictorial story. I've heard dragon & damsel fly nymphs are pretty ferocious in that phase of life, attacking and eating everything that crosses their paths. Don't they spend a couple years as nymphs? I can't remember exactly. yeah, I could google it. I know.

Thanks for the comments.
Shots are a bit out of order for a life cycle but I was interested in finding where they were coming from. Think most damsels and dragons emerge the year after the eggs were laid.
Brian v.

a4meek

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments.
Shots are a bit out of order for a life cycle but I was interested in finding where they were coming from. Think most damsels and dragons emerge the year after the eggs were laid.
Brian v.

are these handheld or are you using a tripod? they are stunning pictures.

Lord Vetinari

a4meek wrote:

are these handheld or are you using a tripod? they are stunning pictures.

Thanks for the comments

They are handheld but in every case I was bracing myself or the camera against something.
Brian v.

GOLDENORFE

love the second frame

phil

Lord Vetinari

GOLDENORFE wrote:

love the second frame

phil

Thanks Phil

Brian V.