When you think of household dwelling insects, typically you don’t think of dragonflies.

A few days ago, a dragonfly, not a damsel fly, but a very big blue and black dragonfly flew into the house to the big front picture window. I had never seen one indoors before. I caught it, and released it outside. The next day, another dragonfly flew into the house… I caught it, and released it outdoors. Wondering if it could possibly be the same dragonfly. Then yesterday… 3 dragonflies flew into the house to the big picture window. All the dragonflies have been of the same species, almost 4 inches of big bug. I caught one and released it, but was too tired to catch the others. Unfortunately one of my pugs Luna, was not too tired, and ate the other two.

Today, so far, two dragonflies, Luna has eaten one, and is in her way lazily stalking the other one. She’s not a particularly energetic hunter, she waits till the dragonfly fatigues itself and rests on the sill, she walks up to it, sniffs it, and watches it for a while, goes away, comes back. Gives it a lick. The dragonfly flusters around on the bottom sill, and she lazily thumps a heavy pug paw on it. She may do that several times, letting it fly away, catching it. Eventually she decides with it stuck under her paw that it’s time to get down to some crunching. Now there is a small selection of dragonfly wings on my living room floor. Evidently the wings are not as flavorful as the rest of it.

As I type this, Wolfe has decided to rescue todays remaining dragonfly, and has gone to the kitchen to get something catch it in, Luna meets him half way with the dragonfly in her mouth. Thinking it’s too late, he retreats to leave her to her treat, but she opens her mouth, and the dragonfly rushes back to the big picture window. Wolfe is letting it out in the back now… but I have a feeling, there will be more.

Beautiful, comical, tragic, whimsical… not quite dog and butterfly.. pug and dragonfly.

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