Golden Dragonfly II
by Dawn Currie
Title
Golden Dragonfly II
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie - Golden dragonfly on perch photographed in the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands, Viera, Florida.
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Dragonflies are most often found near water and usually remain within a few miles of the place where they hatched. As larva, they eat tadpoles or small fish. As an adult they will eat other small insects, primarily mosquitoes, and are considered useful for controlling the mosquito population.
Dragonflies can be any color and range in size by species from one to five inches. They go through three stages of development: egg, naiad (larval) and adult. The eggs are laid in water and typically hatch in two to three weeks. In the larval stage they are called a naiad. They live in the water and use internal gills to breathe. They can live in the water as a naiad for two to three years. When they are ready to become an adult, they crawl out of the water and shed their skin. As an adult, dragonflies can live for over a year if they migrate away from the cold.
A dragonfly needs warmth to fly and you will notice they will often land when the sun goes behind a cloud. There are 3,600 species of dragonflies in the world.
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June 9th, 2013
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the B IS FOR BUGS AND IS FOR AND BEES themed week, JULY 19, 2021- JULY 28, 2021. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP as a way to preserve your feature!
Anita Faye
Dawn, happy to feature your beautiful image on Groovy Butterflies! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html
Brian Tada
Absolutely beautiful capture, Dawn! Excellent processing and artistic presentation, and love the interesting description about these majestic and beneficial insects. L/F