Devil's Darning Needle

That -- Devil's darning needle -- is one of the local names hereabouts for

what I usually call a Dragonfly, This one didn't stay still long enough

for me to move a little to get all of him in the picture. Oh well. I got

most of him.



The first name I remember knowing was Horsestinger and that's what all the

kids in my mid-1950s neighbourhood called them -- until one of the kids

pointed out "They don't sting horses!" So then I heard the name I continue

to use mostly, Dragonfly. No one bothered to say there were no dragons. We

all understood metaphor.