It was the first time I noticed a dragon fly on a flower! So exceptions need attention.
Incidentally, the colours of the dragonfly and the rose bud match well!
I do not have an advanced and detailed book on dragonfly!So the articles on the internet were useful.
The tiny insect pollinators, two of them visible on the flower attract the dragonfly to a flower because they feed on them.
So the dragonfly which normally are seen on plants and drift towards the flowers, when they do not find their feed in the usual places.
So the dragonflies also find the going tough during certain times to live in their normal habitat. So they get pressured to adapt!
When I meet the migrant workers from Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, etc.who come to Kerala to work, they live away from their homes for almost ten months in a year. They live in most uncomfortable make shift shelters without basic facilities. Although they earn three times more than what they get for a day's work, their lives look odd and reduced emotionally and socially to me. What is life, when they stay separated from their families!
To me this is a an exception to normal living!
When native manual labourers are in shortage for the construction work, carpentry, masonry, etc, it is only proper for the local panchayats and in 'god's own Country' to be grateful to the migrant workers and offer them better living conditions. Otherwise it is exploitation of their helplessness and a utilitarian attitude!
It is a displaced dragon fly that eats away the tiny insect pollinators! The pollinators are defenceless. There are reports that there are crimes committed by the migrant workers! When they feel harassed to live, they turn acquisitive by force!
We loose their goodwill by our indifference; and we push them to greater desperation when we do not care!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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