Dragonfly dominance, an unusual sight Armand Bayou as dragonflies outnumber birds.

Last week there were far more dragonflies than birds on the Bayou, hundreds mostly like these pairs. The female green darner alighted on a reed stalk to deposit eggs in the shallow, still water of a small lagoon while the male, attached to the back of her head, remains airborne in case they need to make a quick escape. Another pair of green darners, very attached to each other, launches after depositing eggs in floating vegetation on ABNC’s Bayou. Info and photos courtesy of Gary Seloff. 

Armand Bayou Nature Center

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