Poor dragonfly :(

[squishy]

Went out to walk the dog earlier and came across this rather large, yet beautiful beasty near the gate.. unfortunately no longer with us

I love dragonflies.. their wings are amazing and they come in such beautiful colours! I didn't want to leave it to get trodden on so I scooped it up and put it under a nice plant.

On a brighter note though, I also saw a very much alive one the other day.. a lot smaller and a gorgeous bright blue.. so pretty! I seem to have deleted the pic though

Rachael x



Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

 

[vizsla]

Aww they certainly are beautiful, I use to love watching them when I lived on the river

 

[neoaliphant]

How long was it?

 

[Angst]

you shouldve kept the wings and encased them in resin and made pendants to preserve them,

s

 

[Goatboy]

Sad end for a beautiful jewelled predator. I've seen some of your dragonfly inspired work and it's equally pretty. The wings encased in resin does sound nice, you could've made something very nice from it. But I suppose our anthropomorphic nature befits giving it a burial.
Cheers for sharing though and they are lovely to watch, like some art nouveau killer stalking the reed beds.

GB.

 

[squishy]

Im not sure how long it was.. I'd say a good 10cm at least.. ill go have a look later

I did want to keep it but I wasn't sure what to do with it, and my dad doesn't really like me keeping random dead animals in the house!

Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk