Exuviae

Now there's a posh word! If I am right this is the discarded skin/shell of a dragonfly. I found half a dozen of them when I had a go at clearing out my pond today. I cant begin to imagine how it got out because the structure appears to be complete and the detail is amazing.
The water level in my pond was so low following the recent high temperatures that I had decided I would give it another week before reluctantly refilling it from the tap. Luckily the rains came on Sunday so now its just a case of transferring the water from the water butts.