Omelet wrote:
> In article <4703a9ba$0$9610$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Wooly <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Yesterday morning I was divebombed by the biggest dragonfly I've ever
>> seen: The body was longer than my hand and bottle-green, and the
>> wingspan was a good 12". I've had thumb-sized red dragonflies around
>> the yard all summer but this monster was something else altogether.
>>
>> Any idea where such a huge dragonfly may have come from? I'm a good 6
>> miles north of the river, though there are a couple of borrow ponds
>> (under 183/Mopac) not terribly far away.
>
> Too bad you could not get a pic!
>
> Sounds like a mutant. ;-D
>
> I've never seen one that big, not even in swampy areas.
Photo hell, I wish I had been able to capture it - not that I have a jar
large enough for a bug of that size.
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