oh dear! I wasn't sure if the dragonfly was even still alive at first
then I could see a leg moving, so I tried ever so carefully to pull some web away from it.
I didn't want to pull a wing off, and doing this with my left hand ...it wasn't easy
Even had time to walk indoors and get my camera....again, to get these photos was a miracle, aiming haphazardly and clicking the button with my left hand. Not the best of shots, but a record of the event at least.
I'd hoped the dragonfly might've fluttered onto a nearby plant where I could have taken another photo, but instead it just silently lifted off and jetset into the air; off off and away.....
Looking over the photos I'm not sure all legs are intact, but I'm sure it's fate in the spider-web would have meant a worse scenario.
Read more from my article on Helium (if you wish), about 'the lifespan of a dragonfly' here .
What a neat experience - and only you would have thought to go get the camera! I'm sure the dragonfly is grateful, extravagantly grateful to you for enabling the escape - but watch out for that spider!!!!!
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What a wonderful uplifting story! I'm often retrieving ladybugs and beetles from the dog's water dish and I always wonder about it when I do....does it matter in the overall scheme of things?
ReplyDeleteI can't answer that, but I know it made a difference to that one little bugglie!!
Will you become a Vet???? LOL! How sweet of you to rescue the little dragonfly!!!!
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Jan