Blue dragonfly visits

While doing yard work earlier this week, I noticed quite a few dragonflies were hovering around. This blue dragonfly landed on one of the container ponds and sat motionless.

Dragonfly shelters

Spotted this beauty sheltering from the wind in a rose bush during my morning walk.

Dragonfly dines

The pond has been attracting all kinds of critters, including this dragon fly that was munching on an insect it caught.

Dragonfly

Huge dinosaur dragonflies lived 300 million years ago. The largest fossil found had a 2 ½ foot wingspan, and currently there are dragonflies in Costa Rica that measure 7 ½ inches across the wings. This dragonfly in Austin had a wingspan of about 4 inches.