#15

Well, it may become obvious I like to photograph bugs.  

With the zillions of dragonflies down here, it isn't hard to find some to shoot; but to find some in the midst of strange (to me) behavior, I'll give credit to my husband for pointing this one out.  Apparently, their diet isn't exclusionary of other dragonflies.  This Eastern Pondhawk has eaten the entire head off of the other.  He wasn't finished either, when he flew away after I approached too closely, he carried his victim with him.

Here are some odd dragonfly facts:

• They can date back to 300 million years ago, being some of the first winged insects to evolve, some growing to monster sizes.
• A dragonfly nymph breaths through  *ahem* its butt.
• A single dragonfly can eat hundreds of mosquitos per day.
• They can crush their prey to a pulp to eat.
• The male dragonfly has secondary sex organs.
• They have serrated teeth.

Somehow, they don't seem quite so cute any more.