We are pleased to announce that Mr. C arrived at work today to discover an adult damselfly. They are surprisingly larger than their nymph form. He must have found it quite close to when it had shed it's exoskeleton, because it was still unable to fly. He carried it around to the class to show us, and the grade 2 class as well. Ms. Damselfly was able to fly away before Mr. C was ready, but thankfully she was not able to sustain her flight and had to take a rest. The grade 2 class had some net houses for their butterflies that they weren't using so Mr. C was able to catch her and get her into the net house. We had noticed she was getting darker as this month went on, we knew that was a sign that she was getting closer. However, we had also read that some species take two seasons to get to the adult stage, and because of how small she seemed Mr. C was worried that might be the case, but she came through fantastically. She will be released into the wild near a pond today. Thanks for the show.
The last shed exoskeleton of the nymph stage of Ms. Damselfly
The adult Ms. Damselfly (We don't know that it's a female, but meh.)
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