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They are Meadowhawk dragonflies mating. The above cropped photo makes it look like one very odd-looking species of insect. Zooming out, we see it’s actually two dragonflies engaged in the act of producing more dragonflies.

Here’s an interesting article explaining dragonfly sex.

Photo by Chris Bosak
Meadowhawk dragonflies mate in Selleck’s/Dunlap Woods in Darien in summer 2014.

Here’s another angle of pair.

Photo by Chris Bosak
Meadowhawk dragonflies mate in Selleck’s/Dunlap Woods in Darien in summer 2014.

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