Mary Allen
ʻO ka Dragonflies kahi papa o nā inike. Aia ma kahi o 85 mau ʻano like ʻole ma ʻEulopa a ma luna o 5,000 ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ko lākou mau ʻēheu he ʻelua a ʻumikumamākahi. Hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻano ke kokoke i iwakālua kenimika.
He ʻelua mau ʻēheu ko ka Dragonflies i hiki iā lākou ke neʻe kūʻokoʻa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana iā ia e lele i nā huli paʻa loa a i ʻole e noho i ka lewa. Hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ke lele i hope. He iwi iwi maikaʻi nā ʻēheu. Aia ma waena o ka ʻili he ʻili lahilahi, ʻike pinepine ʻia.
He poʻe ʻaihue nā Dragonflies. Lawe lākou i kā lākou mea pio i ka lele. Hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia ko lākou mau wāwae mua no kēia kumu. ʻAi nui nā Dragonflies i nā ʻiniketo ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi nā dragonflies o kā lākou ʻano ponoʻī. ʻO ko lākou mau ʻenemi he rana, manu, a me nā ʻōpeʻapeʻa. ʻAi nā nalo, nā ʻōpena, a me kekahi mau pūnawele i nā ʻōpuʻu ʻōpiopio. Hāʻule pū kēia mau mea i nā mea kanu ʻai.
ʻOi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o nā ʻano ʻano o ʻEulopa i ka pōʻino, a ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia ka hapaha e pau. Ke emi nei ko lākou mau wahi noho no ka makemake o ka poʻe e mahiʻai ma ka ʻāina maoli. Eia kekahi, ua haumia ka wai, no laila, ʻaʻole hiki ke ulu hou nā larvae o nā dragonflies i loko o lākou.
Pehea e hānau hou ai nā dragonflies?
Hoʻopili nā Dragonflies i ka lele a pili kekahi i kekahi. Piʻo lākou i ke ʻano o ke ʻano o ke kino i kapa ʻia ʻo ka huila male. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ke komo ʻana o nā pūnaʻi sperm o ke kāne i loko o ke kino o ka wahine. I kekahi manawa paʻa ke kāne i kahi mea kanu.
Hoʻomoe pinepine ka wahine i kāna mau hua i loko o ka wai. Hoʻomoe kekahi mau ʻano i kā lākou mau hua ma lalo o ka ʻili lāʻau. Mai kēlā me kēia hua manu, ʻo ka pae mua o ka larva e paʻa, a laila e hoʻokahe i kona ʻili. A laila, he larva maoli ʻo ia.
Noho ka elo i ka wai no ʻekolu mahina a ʻelima makahiki. I kēia manawa, hanu ka hapa nui o lākou ma ko lākou gills. ʻAi lākou i nā ʻupena pepeke, nā pāpaʻi liʻiliʻi, a i ʻole nā tadpoles. Pono e hoʻokahe ka ʻili ma mua o ʻumi mau manawa no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ulu pū me lākou.
ʻO ka hope, haʻalele ka larva i ka wai a noho ma luna o ka pōhaku a paʻa paha i kahi mea kanu. A laila, haʻalele ʻo ia i kona ʻōpū a wehe i kona mau ʻēheu. Mai ia manawa mai, he manu lele maoli. E like me ia, e ola ana no kekahi mau pule a mau mahina. I loko o ia manawa pono ʻo ia e hoʻomoe a hoʻohua.