Mummified looking dragonfly with live dragonfly

[Doodledoo4]

Found this dragonfly (seems barely alive, moving a little bit) seemingly embracing what looks like a dead dragonfly on our chicken coop. Just wondering what could be going on here? This is in Wisconsin.

 

[Doodledoo4]

It just dawned on me... is it a recently hatched dragonfly?

 

[Callender Girl]

I THINK it is a dragonfly coming out of a larval molt.

 

[Doodledoo4]

I THINK it is a dragonfly coming out of a larval molt.

That’s what I was thinking! Thanks!!

 

[sourland]

It just dawned on me... is it a recently hatched dragonfly?

Yes it is transitioning from nymph to adult.