The water in the pool is getting really low; in a few more weeks it will have evaporated completely. I was observing some rather large organisms running about under the murky water, and wondering what they were. I was distracted by some mating flame skimmers overhead, and watched as they completed their copulation and the female proceeded to repeatedly dip the end of her abdomen in the water.
Now that I’ve done a little research on flame skimmers, I’m pretty sure that the critters I see underwater are the dragonfly’s nymphs. Hopefully they’ll have time to metamorphose before their habitat disappears for the season.
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