These prehistoric creatures still roam the earth today, only a bit smaller. They used to be about 2 feet wingtip to wingtip. These insects start as aquatic nymphs, living off smaller larva and insects.  It has an amazing lower jaw that shoots out, captures prey with great accuracy then retracts back so it can devour its meal.

This week paddlers on our Canoe and Kayak Swamp Tours spotted juvenile Double-Breasted Cormorants, Anhingas, Bald Eagles, Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, Brown Pelicans, Tree Swallows, Eastern Sliding Turtles and Red-eared Sliding Turtles.