Dragonflies!! These ugly little 'ducklings' in the first photo turn into beautiful dragonflies within minutes of climbing up onto a blade of grass, twig or anything else handy after making their trek out of the lake.
A newly ‘hatched’ dragonfly crawled up my thumb to dry out. I was very careful not to touch its wings at this point so it didn't get damaged. Once it was dry i placed it on a twig to finish. The last photo shows two empty casings from before the transformation into a relentless feeding machine. Dragonflies can eat 100s of mosquitos per day!!

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