Emerging dragonfly vulnerable to wasps

[Mossie]

I was refilling my pond today and saw a lot of wasp activity around a lilly leaf.

I was suprised to see some wasps attacking a dragonfly, on closer inspection it seemed that the dragon fly was still not fully formed and therefore still soft skinned. Half it's head had been removed by the wasps...nasty !

[triops]

All party of life's rich pattern! Wasps are super efficient predators and will kill and carve up for their larvae anything containing protein. Don't be sad about the dragonfly, admire the wasps for doing what they do so skilfully.