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Dragonfly swarm
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:05 pm
Anybody else seeing them everywhere in Metairie/New Orleans?
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:09 pm to oilmanNO
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:09 pm to oilmanNO
There's a ton in central Arkansas, more than I've ever seen.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:10 pm to FatBoy62
My wife (no pics) just came inside and mentioned how many dragonfly’s were out. We are in New Orleans.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:11 pm to Buck Dancer
I've noticed a hell of a lot more of them lately in north Mississippi.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:16 pm to FatBoy62
Dragonflies are awesome. Their skill at hunting mosquitos is almost unfair
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:17 pm to TheOtherWhiteMeat
This is the second swarm. There was a bigger one a few weeks ago.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:18 pm to oilmanNO
I haven’t seen one since spring
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:19 pm to oilmanNO
There have been considerably bigger swarms of June bugs this year, too. I've heard people mention them in AL, TN, and MS.
Certain dragonflies seem to have really good swarms ever so often. Maybe it is good weather, just the right amount of rain at the right time. Food availability likely matters, too. They feed on small insects like mosquitoes and gnats.
Purple Martins, Tree Swallows, and Barn Swallows will be along to eat their fill of the dragonflies.
Certain dragonflies seem to have really good swarms ever so often. Maybe it is good weather, just the right amount of rain at the right time. Food availability likely matters, too. They feed on small insects like mosquitoes and gnats.
Purple Martins, Tree Swallows, and Barn Swallows will be along to eat their fill of the dragonflies.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:20 pm to TheOtherWhiteMeat
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Dragonflies are awesome. Their skill at hunting mosquitos is almost unfair
Real shite. They are mosquito killers. I welcome them.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:22 pm to Frogonmytoe
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Real shite. They are mosquito killers. I welcome them.
They're ruthless killers of anything they can get their mouths on. They'll kill other dragonflies, even their own kind. They're big on rape, too, and gangbangs.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:24 pm to oilmanNO
Just got home a little while ago and was like wtf. Saw a bunch when we got off the interstate at bonnabel and was shocked….then turned into our neighborhood and they are everywhere.
Something to do with the rain?
Something to do with the rain?
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:26 pm to oilmanNO
I’ve seen this before. It’s not uncommon thousands to hatch out around the same time.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:27 pm to TJG210
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Something to do with the rain?
Yep, and hatching of a food source.
I had a swarm of what looked like thousands in a field near my house a couple years ago. They were feeding on clouds of gnats/fungus flies. They usually swarm for food and maybe mating.
Then, the birds moved in. They were also mainly after the same flies, but the Martins were picking off the dragonflies, too.
This post was edited on 7/8/23 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:30 pm to LegendInMyMind
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They're ruthless killers of anything they can get their mouths on. They'll kill other dragonflies, even their own kind. They're big on rape, too, and gangbangs.
You totally fricked up my opinion on them now. Rapist or mosquito?
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:34 pm to Frogonmytoe
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You totally fricked up my opinion on them now. Rapist or mosquito?
Yeah, mating isn't optional with dragonflies. There's no such thing as consent. There's really no mating ritual, either.
Hell, it doesn't even matter if a female has already mated. Another male will come along, catch her in mid-air, use a specially adapted part of its tail to scoop out the semen/sperm deposited by the other male, and then re-mate with the female.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:37 pm to LegendInMyMind
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LegendInMyMind
Found the TD entomologist.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:38 pm to sledgehammer
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Found the TD entomologist
I'm an Entomologist. He may be, too.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 7:39 pm to oilmanNO
Before Ida I had thousands in my yard every day. No mosquito problem. Not so much any more.
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