A friend on Hive said there must be much hidden life in our garden.
A pair of dragonflies in the gooseberry bush doing what they were born to do.
She also said that they might need our help, but I don't think so:)
We help in the garden where our help is needed as shown in a recent post that you can see HERE
So I decided to show you some of our garden's hidden life. Prepare yourself for a beautiful 2 part picture story and this is part 1.
I dedicated part 1 solely to the dragonflies and in part 2 I will show you some other hidden beauties with a humorous twist in the tail as usual.
So come and see.
For those that do not know Cape gooseberries.
All that I can find about the Elusive Skimmer dragonflies (Orthetrum rubens) online is that they are not only scarce, but also an endangered species due to the loss of their natural habitat.
They are restricted to the Cape Fold mountains that our mountain range is a part of.
According to our book on insects, they are endemic to the Southern Cape and not much is known about them.
And just imagine our luck as we have them right here in our garden in the gooseberry bush.
Source
Then of course it was the resting period after mating, or is that the recovery period from a high :)
Have a careful look if you can see them in the bush below.
Tip, bottom diagonal branch.
So yes, like I said, I very much doubt that they needed our help and it might even have been resented had we offered it :)
In part 2 that I will post on Thursday, as I am back at only posting one post per day, I will show you some other residents in the same gooseberry bush and the one is a thief.
Until then I hope that you have enjoyed part 1 and we are glad to present it to you.
And That's All Friends.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.
