Wrapped like a gift in spider silk, the dragonfly glittered, twirling from a rusted bridge strut.I posted a photograph to the ID Request section of Bugguide.net with this question: "Is it possible to tell what kind of dragonfly this is?" Thirty-six hours later, a gentleman wrote "Yes it is!" As I suspected, an Eastern Pondhawk (female) had been captured by one of the orb weavers who set up shop where dragonflies and damselflies abound.
A day later, another Bugguide user moved my photographs and conversation to "FRASS": "Frass is insect debris. Poor quality images, images from outside the U.S. and Canada, and those that otherwise do not value to the guide are moved here. Images will remain here for 30 days after the most recent activity so that comments may be viewed. After that they are automatically removed by the system."
No value? I beg to differ.
Beautiful in life, beautiful in death, beautiful as sustenance for another living creature, beautiful photograph.
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