What a beauty! I love dragonflies and you’re right, there are so many different varieties! We have some enormous ones that I always call the Blackhawk raptors!! We can actually watch them catching mosquitos. We always thought they were just flying randomly in the air. But watch closely next time! You’ll actually see them swooping and diving in pursuit of a mosquito or bug...it’s not just random flying!
They use their legs like baskets. Dragonflies actually scoop up the mosquito and ingest it in flight! Then go back for more. When we’re at the lake and there’s huge mosquito outbreak, we can tell when the dragonflies finally hatch out! Within a day there a thousands of dragonflies and the mosquito population drops significantly!!
So the next time you see a dragonfly, bedsides being so whimsical and delightful, remember they’re voracious feeding machines! ☺️