Picture 1 : As I stroll alongside a pond I spotted this sight which I longed for -- emerging of a damselfly from its excuvia.

The nymphs was clinging to surface of a floating plastic beg. The baby damselfly has already wholly emerged from the excuvia and the wing reached its full length. Except the abdomen which was still in the process of extending.

Picture 2 : As I watch the abdomen gradually extending, a drop (or two) of clear liquid discharged from the tip.

From the shape of this last segment we know it is a Male. “A baby boy is born !

Picture 3 : Because the emerging (on a floating PVC beg) was 1/3 meter below my feet, an inconvenient angle for camera to reach, I decided to use my left hand to lift up the PVC beg for batter angle of the camera.

This disturbed the poor insect's growing which needs a quiet and calm environment for emerging process. Within seconds it started walking toward and up to my thumb.

Picture 4 : My very precious moment of close encounter with natural life.

On the back of my thumb, this new Ischnura senegalensis spend 4 minutes for his final stage of extension and hardening of the body and wings.

At 4:31 pm he flop his tender wings and helicopter straight skyward and disappeared into dark shade in tree top. “Good Bye !...... welcome to the world !”