Dragonflies capture our attention and imagination, their gossamer wings rattling and flashing in the sun as they patrol the water’s edge or hover above grassy fields. They’ve been surrounded by myth and superstition for as long as our eyes have followed their flight. But the truth of what they can do is even more amazing than what we can dream up, and once you’ve learned about them, you’ll want them to make your backyard their lair.
Fantastical Flyers
Much like their mythical namesake, dragonflies inspire equal parts terror and wonder, the terror entirely unjustified — unless you’re a flying insect, of course—and the wonder well-deserved.
These creatures have been accused of stinging horses to death and nursing serpents back to life. Naughty children napping outside would fear waking to find their eyes sewn shut by the “devil’s darning needle”; likewise, gossips, liars, and users of coarse language would supposedly risk having their mouths sewn
