I love wandering around my pond in waders, just watching the tiny insects in the sunshine. Today I watched a damsel fly drying its wings after leaving its chrysalis.

The Damsel’s wings are still folded and damp after emerging from the chrysalis on the left
It is making it’s way slowly to the top of the water lilly leaf to get into the sunlight
Its wings have now uncrumpled
Slowly spreading out its wings to fully dry in the breeze
Nearly ready. What a face!
Nearby a water boatman was hanging from the meniscus with its jaws just below the surface. How scary would that be if he was larger and you looked down to see those eyes staring back at you?
Meanwhile this water beetle was skating across the surface
And a different type of water beetle was crazily rushing about in ever increasing circles

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