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Larvae into dragonfly?
Copyright © 2009 Terri Dalbotten

Larvae into dragonfly?
Near Carnation, King County, Washington, USA
May 31, 2009
Size: About 2 and 1/2 inches
Saw these bugs hanging from rocks around our goldfish pond. As we watched the heads of the emerging "flys" turned up and the wings which began as 1/2 inch or less stubs became two inch long wings. We saw one of the larva come out of the water and begin looking for a place to hang to shed its old shell. Most were hanging from the rocks, but the two I took pictures of were hanging from a leaf. Can you tell me what they are?

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Larvae into dragonfly? Larvae into dragonfly?
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Contributed by Terri Dalbotten on 31 May, 2009 - 12:49pm
Last updated 11 August, 2018 - 3:00pm

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Moved from Skimmers.
… Ken Allison, 11 August, 2018 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.
… john and jane balaban, 17 August, 2009 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Dragonflies
You're right, that is a new dragonfly. Probably a "skimmer" (the most common family of dragonflies). Hopefully somebody else here will be able to ID further. Newly emerged dragonflies are are more difficult because adult colors take a while to show up.
… John F. Carr, 31 May, 2009 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

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