I trekked around Leu Gardens today. It was too bright and sunny for any good pictures, and the dragonflies were in a depressing state. I found one Carolina saddlebags covered with mites:
And then I found another female looking thin, tired, and raggedy, as if she can barely hold on:
I guess like the grass which has finally stopped growing, the dragonflies need to die off to let the shorelines rest for the winter.