Fall Freezes the Dragons

Jim Cook 10/29/2009
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Dragonfly remaining still in the crisp, cool autumn airIt’s one of my favorite moments of fall, when it gets cool enough that insects remain right where they are no matter how close I approach. This dragonfly is stilled by its temperature-sensitive metabolism, but not yet frozen.

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One Response to Fall Freezes the Dragons

  1. Jacob says:
    10/29/2009 at 9:34 am

    My oldest son and I have an insect collection that we use for him to study with. We have been working on it for a couple of years. This is the best time of year to find insects that we normally would have great trouble catching and get to observe insects that we never would at close range. A couple of days ago we were able to pick up and handle a live wasp. it was pretty neat

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