Artwork by Christi Sobel
Eight-spotted Skimmer Lokta Card
$5.00 – $8.00
- Our images are set in a frame on this beautiful, handmade paper from the Nepalese Lokta shrub.
- This tree-free paper is both environmentally friendly and sustainably harvested.
- Each card comes with an envelope and is packaged individually in 100% biodegradable cellophane sleeve.
- Cards are blank on the inside for your message.
- Back of card has educational story, shown below in description.
Back of Card DESCRIPTION
Dragonflies are an ancient order of insects; fossils resembling dragonflies date back 300 million years. These large slender insects are specialized hunters. Dragonflies have large compound eyes that nearly cover the head. Their 4 powerful wings move independently, enabling them to maneuver in an extraordinary fashion, backwards or forwards.
Dragonflies mate in flight. Eggs are subsequently deposited in or close to water. These hatch into naiads, the immature aquatic form of the dragonfly. They capture insects, tadpoles, and small fish by extending a peculiar lower lip at lightning speed. When fully grown, the naiad crawls out of the water, splits the skin along the middle of the thorax…and the adult dragonfly emerges. Both naiads and adults are highly beneficial predators, destroying large numbers of mosquitoes.
Dragonflies, through their metamorphosis, remind us that our true colors take time to develop. Dragonflies are filled with light and color, they can help us see through our illusions and allow our own light to shine forth.
artwork by Christi Sobel © 2000
text by Steve Sierigk
