Dragonflies and more detailed in new tome from Ohio writers

As I walk Froggy Bottom Creek sometime each May and into early June every spring, I find myself greeted by a succession of familiar “friends” – ebony jewelwing damselflies.
These dark-winged, iridescent members of the Odonata order of flying insects flutter softly along the creek, landing softly on vegetation, always just ahead. They flap ahead at every turn. But their seeming gentle, casual behavior is not indicative of their true nature.

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