Mastodawn

Damselfly laying eggs.
From "Brehms Tierleben," vol. 9 by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna: Bibliographisches Institut, 1900 #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/damselfly/

View of a pond lush with aquatic plants, alive with damselflies seen in the foreground at various stages of development

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