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Dragonflies - Magnificent Creatures of Water, Air, and Land (Hardcover)
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Dragonflies - Magnificent Creatures of Water, Air, and Land (Hardcover)
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A gorgeous tribute to the magic and mystique of dragonflies, with
intimate photographs of their entire life cycle Almost without our
noticing, dragonflies dart through our world, flying, seeing,
hunting, mating. Their lives are as mysterious as their gossamer
wings are beautiful. In this book Pieter van Dokkum reveals many of
the dragonfly's secrets, capturing the stages of this striking
insect's life cycle in unprecedented close-up photographs. He
documents scenes of dragonfly activity seldom witnessed and rarely
photographed. The book begins on a moonlit summer night, when an
alien-looking larva crawls out of the water and transforms into a
fully formed dragonfly. In the following chapters we witness
dew-covered dragonflies sparkling in the morning sun, then a pair
of mating dragonflies moving through the air in a twelve-legged,
eight-winged dance. In the final chapter, one generation dies as
the next prepares to leave the water and begin its own winged
journey. Each stage is documented through van Dokkum's inquisitive
lens and accompanied by information on various species of
dragonflies and damselflies, their metamorphosis, and their
ecological importance as insect predators.
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