I've gone on a couple of outings now with the intention of finding some dragonflies. And I did indeed find some - zooming over fields at least 10 feet up, not even slowing down much less stopping so I could take a closer look. A couple of them were some kind of saddlebags, I saw that much from the big dark blotches on the hindwings. The rest, I honestly have no idea. Apparently up until now I've been playing on easy mode, where all of the dragonflies perch neatly and let you take their picture. I'm not sure who switched me up to advanced, but if you could please put me back down that would be great.
On a slightly different topic, some of you may have heard me tell the tale of the Big Sneaky Freaking Spiders. For those who haven't: one day I was out conducting my field work. Trudging along, taking notes, as one does. I stopped near a stream. I glanced up after several minutes of busy writing, to find myself staring at a Big Freaking Spider. Then I looked slightly to the left, and saw another one. A bit further, two more. More to my right. Big, zig-zagging webs everywhere I looked. They were all around me. Oh god. How many had I walked through to get where I was standing. How many might be crawling on my back or my legs right that very second.
It was, shall we say, a rather unnerving experience.
Today I got to relive that experience.
I'd like to point out, since the photo is not entirely clear on the matter, that this thing is about an inch long without even taking the legs into account.
Ah, nature.
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