Today’s blog comes to us from Park Naturalist Sarah Lamond at Algonquin Provincial Park.
Picture it: a warm July day at Algonquin.
You’re basking in the day’s rays and exploring an interpretive trail.
It’s all picture perfect until you hear that telltale buzz and feel an all-too-familiar pain on your scalp.
The Deer Flies have arrived.
Swatting at the growing swarm, you look to the sky and wonder: will there be no relief?
And then they arrive. The prehistoric predator. The Deer Fly devourer. The people’s champion.
Dragonflies.
Continue reading The fascinating world of dragonflies and their importance to ecosystems
