The warm days have returned after a three months long monsoon. The first sign of it was the sighting of dragon flies in our garden two days ago!
There are three habits of dragon flies which caught my attention. They choose to stay glued to its preferred place for long periods. If they move away for some reason they return to the same site or another place to which they would surely return. They silently fly around in quiet and clean places. They have an immaculately clean body with a characteristic elegance.
A small fly but they are in multiple colour combinations. Sometimes the differences are subtle or minimal like the difference between the first and the third one in this blog. I wonder how they balance their body in various positions while in a resting position, almost challenging the force of gravity!
As a child I chased dragon flies to catch them, but I do not remember many successful stories. To succeed to catch one was a big achievement because it was something rare and gave a chance to boast about with friends. Now I realise, how silly it was to have such a mind set. The Chinese probably catch dragon flies to serve as a delicacy on the table after frying them!
It is in a clean environment and unpolluted air settings the dragon flies thrive. The biological marker of a clean environment is the presence of dragon fly.
Th dragon flies are environmentally friendly and facilitate pollination.
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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