It was a perfect weekend to take advantage of the high water levels and explore some small winding rivers where usually this wouldn’t be possible. Although there were two problems – mosquitoes and black flies. What’s a great defense against these? Dragonflies.
I found there would always be one that hovered around the bow of the canoe. If we went too fast or too slow, it was gone. Since these guys can eat their weight in insects (the kind who bite us), every 30 minutes, they are great to have around.
We often think of insects as an annoyance, but dragonflies actually take pests out of our way.
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they always scared me – now i’ll be different