re: Dragonfly swarm

I have some good ones on a memory card somewhere. Even had a few decent action shots of martins catching them in flight.

Great shots!

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I'm an Entomologist. He may be, too.

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I'm not an entomologist. Just have an interest in bugs and birds and shite.

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Thanks for the info. But, I'm still team "frick mosquito" simply because I've never had train run on me.

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Haha. It is just Nature, not a knock on dragonflies. It really does serve as a way to advance the genes of the strongest of the species. I'm pro-anything that eats mosquitoes, too.

yes, i use inaturalist when i come across one i don't recognize...the slaty skimmer was a first this year...i spend a lot of time taking pictures of dragonflies and other insects, and birds...

the ones i posted are:

halloween pennant
eastern pondhawk
slaty skimmer
blue dasher
another halloween pennant
golden winged skimmer

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pussywillows

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Your username reminds me of an old joke:


An old man in Mississippi was sitting on his front porch watching the sun rise. He sees the neighbor's kid walk by carrying something big under his arm. He yells out "Hey boy, whatcha got there?" Boy yells back "Roll of chicken wire." Old man says "What you gonna do with that?" Boy says "Gonna catch some chickens." Old man yells "You damn fool, you can't catch chickens with chicken wire!"

Boy just laughs and keeps walking.

That evening at sunset the boy comes walking by and to the old man's surprise he is dragging behind him the chicken wire with about 30 chickens caught in it.

Same time next morning the old man is out watching the sun rise and he sees the boy walk by carrying something kind of round in his hand. Old man yells out "Hey boy, whatcha got there?" Boy yells back "Roll of duck tape." Old man says "What you gonna do with that?" Boy says back "Gonna catch me some ducks." Old man yells back, "You damn fool, you can't catch ducks with duck tape!"

Boy just laughs and keeps walking.

That night around sunset the boy walks by coming home and to the old man's amazement he is trailing behind him the unrolled roll of duck tape with about 35 ducks caught in it.

Same time next morning the old man sees the boy walking by carrying what looks like a long reed with something fuzzy on the end. Old man says "Hey boy, whatcha got there?" Boy says "It's a pussy willow."

Old man says "Wait up...I'll get my hat."

Seen a lot of mosquito hawks at the pond this morning on the golf course.

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quote:Dragonflies are awesome. Their skill at hunting mosquitos is almost unfair

Real shite. They are mosquito killers. I welcome them.

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I like them so much I often go out of my way to rescue them from the screen patio.

We have a lot here in West Alabama this year. We have a lot fewer mosquitoes too. Weird how that happens