Dragonflies, Summer Solstice and Slowly growing reef
We live on a pond -- covered over by mossy patchwork, wild grass, Clover and Buttercups during the spring and summer -- of slowly moving freshwater less than two feet below. The forest that edges this pond "Ke Kuapa 'o Maxwelton Creek" is home to beautiful old Cedar, Hemlock, Fir and a wet canopied floor with pockets of bogs black and primordial to maintain the natural cycle of life and death. These wetlands are a perfect place for insects, especially mosquito. One of the beings who have hatched and shown themselves in growing numbers are Dragonflies. Last night we watched a Dragonfly much like this one perch, fly and return to the tip of the bamboo pole that holds our fabric door in place. " Dragonflies, which eat insects as adults, are a great control on the mosquito population. A single dragonfly can eat 30 to hundreds of mosquitoes per day." - "14 Fun Facts about Dragonflies" There's a connection I see between the arrival of Dragonflies and m