There was major flooding in Toronto yesterday evening. The subways were shut down and even the airport was affected. There were power outages all over the city. Fortunately we were fine, but the next block over had a four hour power outage. Everything happened so suddenly, a deluge of rain between 4 and 5 pm in some areas.
To continue with my regular post, we spent the Canada Day long weekend with L's boyfriend's family at their cottage up north. They had a lot of dragonflies hatching at this time of year. Here are a few photos of one of them emerging as an adult, leaving its larval skin behind. It's fascinating, I didn't know they did that. They are predators that eat mosquitoes, which is a good thing. They take a couple of hours to moult. Here's a video describing the dragonfly life cycle if you are curious.
To continue with my regular post, we spent the Canada Day long weekend with L's boyfriend's family at their cottage up north. They had a lot of dragonflies hatching at this time of year. Here are a few photos of one of them emerging as an adult, leaving its larval skin behind. It's fascinating, I didn't know they did that. They are predators that eat mosquitoes, which is a good thing. They take a couple of hours to moult. Here's a video describing the dragonfly life cycle if you are curious.
