{"id":2725,"date":"2013-07-24T12:29:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T17:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=2725"},"modified":"2014-07-22T22:51:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T03:51:25","slug":"common-dragonflies-and-damselflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=2725","title":{"rendered":"Common Dragonflies and Damselflies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dragonfly laying eggs<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the past summer, I have made it a goal to learn more about common dragonflies and damselflies in my neighborhood. I started observing and photographing them; bought a wonderful book titled: Dragonflies of the Northwoods by Kurt Mead and joined the Minnesota Dragonfly Society (MOSP). A new world of knowledge has opened up to me, and I have felt a lot of joy in connecting with these beautiful creatures.<\/p>\n

A the bottom of this post is a link to a poster which I created with the help of Sam Barczak, a 7th grader at Hopkins West Junior High, Hopkins, MN and Dewey Hassig, and Julie Ikhaml both of Minnetonka, MN.<\/p>\n

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Mating Bluet (sp)
Mike Farrell<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dragonflies\/damselflies\u00a0 mate and lay their eggs in the water. Most of their life cycle is spent in the water as a larva ( up to two years), while the adults only live a few weeks.<\/p>\n

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Damselfly larva<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dragonfly larva eating a soft shell clam.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Click on the following link \u00a0to see the Dragonfly poster: CommonDragonflies<\/a><\/p>\n

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