UK: Mother terrified after she found a ‘Jurassic sized’ dragonfly in her living room

A mother was left terrified after she walked into her living room and spotted this monster ‘Jurassic’ sized dragonfly.

Rowena Wilkinson, 53, dashed indoors when she heard piercing screams coming from her daughter and her friend.

She found an enormous dark green dragonfly – measuring around 8inches long – flying around the room like a ‘mini-helicopter’.

Mrs Wilkinson, from Weston Turville, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England  said: ‘I heard them scream and when I ran in this dragonfly was spiralling round very quickly.

‘It sounded like a mini helicopter it was that noisy, it was like a Jurassic monster.

‘I didn’t know whether to take a photograph or run but I managed to get close enough to take a few pictures.

‘We waited for it to stop a bit and then I had to put my arm through the venetian blinds to open the window so it could get out. ‘

Mrs Wilkinson’s daughter Molly and her friend Ellie Shelby, both 24, were terrified by the creature last Friday.

But Miss Shelby’s daughter Isla Parkin, three, was fascinated by the dragonfly.

Dragonflies, which have existed on Earth for 325million years, have been threatened by widespread insecticide use, water pollution and the draining of wetlands for housing.

But in recent years experts say they are enjoying a resurgence thanks to conservation work and warmer weather. 

-Mailonline

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