A variety of Dragonflies seen in the late afternoon at Audubon House in the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area.

“Occasionally a dragon fly comes up from the lake, its wings flashing in the sun, then is off on a swift errand of light, to be seen no more. I wonder what its part is in the scheme of existence, and if its life is wholly satisfactory to it. But then, I daresay insects are rarely pessimists, because they don’t live long enough. It is only the human young that are cynical, and they recover quickly, as if their pangs were growing pains, or cosmic colic.”

Scarborough, Dorothy, 1878-1935. From a Southern Porch, book, 1919; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24650/: accessed July 26, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .