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I have always looked forward to when these beautiful flowers bloom. They only last for a few days. This year I decided to do a little research about these flowers and was quite surprised with what I found! This flower has a special pollination system that uses strong odor to attract a fly down it’s narrow tube. Once inside, long hairs that line the tube prevent the fly from escaping . Unlike insectivorous flowers, it…

Dragonflies have always intrigued me. They are fanciful creatures that share this world with us. Catching a glimpse of a dragonfly has always been special to me, like enjoying the beauty of a rainbow, or catching a remarkable sunset. Dragonflies start off life as a tiny egg, not much larger than the dot of a pencil. Once the egg hatches, it is in a larval stage, called a nymph. The dragonfly Nymph lives underwater, hunting…