A group of several families head down to a pond Saturday morning at the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg. The group were participating in the free class, Dragonflies: Inside and Out. from 10 a.m. to noon. Dragonflies and other wetland insects were discussed and caught during the free two hour class.
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Wood County Program Naturalist Jim Witter, left, talks to participants in his Dragonflies: Inside and Out class as they search for Dragonfly Nymphs Saturday at the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg. In addition to trying to find the younger Dragonflies, the group of about a dozen people hunted fully grown ones as well.
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Alex Welch, 8, of Perrysburg, center, looks at his mother's net while the pair joined about ten other people in searching for Dragonfly Nymphs Saturday at the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg. The free two hour-long program was geared toward teaching children about Dragonflies.
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While Wood County Program Naturalist Jim Witter, left, continues the search, Kelsey Van Tassel, of Perrsyburg, center, makes her way out of the water while her husband Gary and their daughter Piper, 3, stay dry on land Saturday while hunting Dragonfly Nymphs at the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg. The family, which includes their son Gavin, 4, not pictured, were part of a group to take the free children's class at the nature preserve.
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Joe Weinandy, of Bowling Green, center, guides his daughter Ayla, 6, out of some sticky muck while the pair search for Dragonfly Nymphs Saturday morning at the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg. The father and daughter duo waded into the pond farther than any of the other participants in Saturday's free children's class on Dragonflies.
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Wood County Program Naturalist Jim Witter holds a Dragonfly Nymph for several children to see while leading a class Saturday at the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg. The class, entitled, ÒDragonflies: Inside and OutÓ featured hands on learning for the several children who attended. The class hunted for both fully grown and nymph Dragonflies together.
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Danielle Welch, of Perrysburg, left, joined her children, Alex, 8, center, and Skylar, 6, in taking a closer look at a Dragonfly Nmyph caught by Wood County Program Naturalist Jim Witter Saturday morning at the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg. The family had turned out to attend a free class geared toward teaching children about Dragonflies.
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Joe Weinandy, of Bowling Green, right, walks alongside his daughter Ayla, 6, as the pair head back to their cars after searching for Dragonfly Nymphs Saturday morning at the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve in Perrysburg. Weinandy said he was proud his daughter was so unafraid of getting dirty.
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