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Dragonfly Flurry

Posted by Alyssa LaCoy,
North Country explorer from Boylston, MA
May 31, 2018

The Indian Creek Nature Center trails were swarmed with hundreds of dragonflies this week, a lovely compromise for nasty mosquitoes! Adult dragonflies eat other flying insects, particularly midges and mosquitoes. I admired this beauty for a couple minutes before it took back to the sky!