All of a Sudden They're Everywhere

Seems like just in the past week or so the dragon and damselflies have been coming out in droves. I guess our luck of seeing so many is the fact that we have a pond so close.

This one showed up while I was taking he top rails off the deck due to hail damage and the fact that some where just really worn looking. I think it was the fact that in this process I opened up the dinner hall by exposing the living quarters of spiders that lurk up in where you don't normally see in and around the ballusters.

Not sure what this one is but I narrowed it down to a couple but only by the tail color.

Dragonflies...Like Old Biplanes

A delicate creature, this one looks like it just got back from a bomb run in the 1st World War.

Blow these up and you can go here to see Dragonflies of Ohio. This is the Black Saddlebag variety, female I think. Offical picture is here....copy it into your browser if it doesn't open from here.

ohio-nature.com/black-saddlebags.jpg

http://www.ohio-nature.com/ohio-dragonfly-pictures.html