Started Autumn management of our pond this weekend preparing it for winter. Pleasantly surprised to find both damselfly and dragonfly nymphs in the pond.
Along with the larger nymphs from last year - there were also tiny damselfly nymphs which would have hatched from this years mating and egg laying.
Great surprise to find several dragonfly nymphs as well. I have not had dragonflies lay eggs in the pond before so this was a great find. These were tiny and also would have been the result of this years mating and egg laying.
I have seen adult dragonflies in the front garden and the nearby track most years. There was a dragonfly in the front garden a lot earlier in the summer. As adult dragonflies often lay their eggs once the male and female had separated- a female must have found the pond and laid eggs.
The paired damselflies are very visible each summer in and around our pond.
Images above captured through usb microscope cam
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