Dragonfly Laying Eggs in the Pond

This August seems to be very good for Dragonflies and it was exciting to see a Southern Hawker female laying eggs in the newish pond.

Southern Hawker laying eggs.

The pond now has a huge population of daphnia in addition to numerous types of fly larvae, so there should be plenty to eat for the dragonfly nymphs.

This individual was in the garden for at least an hour, visiting the pond edge to lay eggs several times.