As I pulled up to the mailboxes this afternoon there came a
rustling from one of the grocery bags in the way back. (Since I never have more than one passenger
but often carry quite a bit of stuff I keep the back seat of my now 13 year old
“New” Beetle folded down in what I call stealth pickup truck mode.) I turned to see if I could see where all the
commotion was coming from. It was the weirdest
thing! Only one bag was moving, and
rather insistently at that!
‘Can’t be the wind doing that, ’ I thunk to myself.
It stopped when I popped the hatch, but had started back up
again by the time I’d walked around back to investigate further. There, in among the bananas, was one of the
largest Dragonflies I have ever seen! He
(assuming…) was about five inches long from canopy to end of tail boom and had
a wingspan nearly equal to his length. His fuselage was all black with green,
blue and white spots in a geometric pattern and he had large white eyes. I wish I’d had my camera with me so I could
share a picture of him with you.
Unfortunately I didn’t and can’t. :-( Maybe next time…
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