Amazing garden creatures!

Interesting blog, i love to see wildlife in my garden.

Love the Dragonflies too...

No dragonflies yet but some lovely electric blue damsel flies

Oh yes Pamg, we have those too, and red ones.

Clarice, it's all going on under our noses and so often these days we don't have time to appreciate it eh? Glad you are a wildlife friend too :))

Cheers:))

Fascinating ! I wish I'd seen them emerging too. I hope your class will enjoy seeing the cases ...

Never mind impressing the kids...you've impressed me too! Have never seen these cases before and to be honest - I don't remember ever seeing a dragonfly in the flesh either!

I haven`t seen any dragonflies here yet but am hopeful, your class will love to see the cases, thanks Pam....

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Dragonflies and Damselflies are older than the Dinosaurs.
They have survived because they spend over 11 months of the year under water. So your specimen will need to go back to the pond within 2 weeks.

Hi Diane,this is its case after it has emerged, it does look like its still in there doesn't it?
My class were fascinated and I told them they were around at the time of the dinosaurs and one little boy said " cor, thats old then", ha ha he thought this one was 65 million years old I think!!
We watched the film of it emerging too and they thought it was weird and amazing at the same time! I am a great believer in educating children about the creatures around them and they love it too:))

The National Dragonfly Centre at Ramsey in the Fens is worth a visit. See website. Ruary is a great believer in Dragonflies, does courses during the summer. A good day out.

I really love dragonflies, I bet those children were fascinated.

Thanks for letting me know about the dragonfly centre, didn't know one existed!
The children were very interested :))