upward bound

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This is the cast off skin of a hawker or darner dragonfly (Aeshnidae) as it left the pond it lived and grew in as a nymph and emerged to take flight as an adult.

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Size: 3968px × 5952px
Location: Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA
Photo credit: © C.M.Younger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aeshnidae, dragonfly, elevator, emergence, exuvia, flight, life, nature, pennsylvania, pond, space, translucent, wildlife