Saturday, 8 September 2018

departed - no. 2



The dragonfly nymph can take up to four years to become fully grown.

Once the weather is right it will then climb up the stem of a plant and complete the process of metamorphosis by shedding its skin.

The young dragonfly has departed and all that remains is its discarded skin, the exuvia.








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