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    Dragonflies ... where have they gone ?

    True that ... !
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    Dragonflies ... where have they gone ?

    LOL !!!!!! "I drink from a puddle in the drive. The wildlife took a vote and decided." I needed that levity ! Thanks !
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    Dragonflies ... where have they gone ?

    RubyLee, Nice to know about the Dragons there. I have heard there's still solid populations 'further south' of us. Though, I've also heard it's not the same way moving further west of us. Makes me wonder even more why the absence in my region. As for Toads ... I've...
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    Dragonflies ... where have they gone ?

    JeetsN123, A valid thought, however I might expect that if it were one or two different locations. Unfortunately, and inexplicably it is quite literally every water body and/or usual Dragon haunt I visit, over the entire region. That, I think, suggests it cannot be...
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    Dragonflies ... where have they gone ?

    Hayseed - Your comments are valid, of course. The significant (alarming) decline in the Dragonflies population has been evident in all of the different species emergence times here. We typically see the first emergers in April, and then every few weeks there is another 'species batch' that...
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    Dragonflies ... where have they gone ?

    I have always been an observer of Nature ... all aspects. In 2008, after being given a small Olympus 6000 camera, and while mowing the lawn, I had the good fortune to photograph a Dragonfly up close. Not content with the photograph alone, I had to know what species, and any/all information...