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spare hour to go out and search for these little predators. The more I got into it, the more 1 was absolutely astounded by their power, beauty and diversity—not to mention their frenetic lifestyles and behavioral quirks."
As Wood explains, just like birds and other animals, each species of dragonfly and damselfly has its own habitat preference and its own personality. Their mating and related sexual activities are “truly bizarre,” according to Wood, and other aspects of their behavior are also fascinating, including hover-guarding, roosting, migrating, patrolling, cartwheeling, basking and obelisking (yes, in the world of the dragonfly, “obelisk” is a verb, according to Wood).
Wood guesses there are about 70 species of dragonflies that live right here in Rappahannock County. Within the past year he has found about half that number and gotten to know some of them intimately. Other than their sheer diversity, the biggest surprise to him was that “they are
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