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Rich Swedish Meadows

26/6/2016

We are not long returned from a visit to Sweden. The target was nominally Butterflies but Dragonflies and other insects featured quite a bit.
Close to the village where we stayed was a large colony of Beavers where we spent an evening with up to eight beavers sighted.
As well as the insects we saw plenty of birds although its not the best time. It so happened I had the best seat when a Crane was feeding close to the road. I guess the presence of the Crane is the consequence of the rich meadows harbouring the Butterflies and dragonflies we were chasing the rest of the time.

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Dragonfly Time

1/6/2016

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Spring is technically over. But there's lots of life still bursting open. We headed north yesterday in search of spring dragonflies. Leaving a sunny Perth we soon drove into cooler cloudier weather wondering if we'd made a bad choice! Although there was no action at the ponds when we arrived we soon discovered a few perched newly emerged dragonflies including this White-faced Darter.
As the day warmed a bit we saw a larva climb out the pond to start the emergence sequence right before our eyes! The spent case dried and split, then we watched the dragonfly struggle free over a period of a couple of hours (it was a Four-spot Chaser) then hang, slowly inflating it's wings.
Isn't nature wonderful!

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Rich Swedish Meadows

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