The eight-inch Jurassic-sized beast was photographed as it rested on a window blind inside 53-year-old Rowena Wilkinson’s home in Weston Turville.The black and grey coloured dragonfly was apparently whizzing around her kitchen as her daughter Molly, 24, prepared to say goodbye to her three-year-old goddaughter Isla Parkin and isla’s mother Ellie Shelby, 24.Ow, good job it wasn't my home (:
Dragonfly facts
- The insect has existed for 325million years but is now threatened by insecticide use, water pollution and the draining of wetlands for housing.
- In Great Britain there are about 30 species - one has become extinct
- The largest in the UK are Demoiselles, which have a body length of about 50 mm and a wingspan of about 60mm
