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June 30th 05, 06:44 PM
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dragonflies!
eeek!
there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot see how something THAT small could do that!) 
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June 30th 05, 07:09 PM
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:44:49 -0400, wrote:
eeek! there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot see how something THAT small could do that!) Send me some naked pics of yourself and I'll send a cure. This space for rent
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June 30th 05, 07:26 PM
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*muffin* wrote:
eeek! there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? Don't get rid of them -- enjoy them! They're beautiful things (even to an entomophobe like me). (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot see how something THAT small could do that!) The nymphs will eat fry -- I hadn't heard that they could eat anything much bigger than themselves, though. And they also eat mosquito larvae (although the fish probably take care of that problem, too). -- Kizhe
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#4
June 30th 05, 07:10 PM
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"*muffin*" wrote in message ... eeek! there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot see how something THAT small could do that!) They might eat some small goldfish now & again, but hey also eat lots of mosquito larvae. Adult dragon flies eat lots of mosquitos! Do everything you can to attract them to your pond. Jacqui
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#5
June 30th 05, 07:30 PM
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"*muffin*" wrote in message ... eeek! there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot see how something THAT small could do that!) ============================= I have them as well. I've never been stung by one. -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o
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#6
June 30th 05, 08:37 PM
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"Reel Mckoi" wrote:
"*muffin*" wrote in message ... eeek! there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot see how something THAT small could do that!) ============================= I have them as well. I've never been stung by one. Not surprising, since dragonflies don't sting.
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#7
June 30th 05, 09:20 PM
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"Andy Hill" wrote in message news  "Reel Mckoi" wrote: "*muffin*" wrote in message ... eeek! there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot see how something THAT small could do that!) ============================= I have them as well. I've never been stung by one. Not surprising, since dragonflies don't sting. ===================== Good because we have loads of them out in the propagation pools. :-) -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o
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#8
June 30th 05, 10:43 PM
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"Reel Mckoi" wrote:
"Andy Hill" wrote in message news "Reel Mckoi" wrote: "*muffin*" wrote in message ... eeek! there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot see how something THAT small could do that!) ============================= I have them as well. I've never been stung by one. Not surprising, since dragonflies don't sting. ===================== Good because we have loads of them out in the propagation pools. :-) Lucky you -- I like to think of them as airborne koi :-)
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#9
June 30th 05, 11:13 PM
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Awhile back we had one huge bdragon fly that keep on buzzing us while we were in the hot tub. It kept up and kept up and would get right in your face time after time. It then started to buzz the TV set we had outside. All it was doing was getting small bugs. IIRC are not the blue or green colored ones actually called damsel flies? On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:43:06 GMT, Andy Hill wrote: ==="Reel Mckoi" wrote: ==="Andy Hill" wrote in message ===news 1i8c1th7mpctfdte9liaejmd6il45bkai@4ax .com...=== "Reel Mckoi" wrote: === "*muffin*" wrote in message === ... === eeek! === there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & === today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. === === ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? === === (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot === see === how something THAT small could do that!) === ============================= === I have them as well. I've never been stung by one. === === Not surprising, since dragonflies don't sting. ======================== ===Good because we have loads of them out in the propagation pools. :-) === ===Lucky you -- I like to think of them as airborne koi :-) ============================================== Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked! "The original frugal ponder" ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o
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#10
June 30th 05, 08:07 PM
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"*muffin*" wrote:
eeek! there was a plethora of dragonflies hanging aroudn my pond yesterday & today.. the 1st time in 'ever' seeing them here. ok, how do I get rid of them & should I be reallly scared??? (I have read about the larva/nymphs eating goldfish,, although I cannot see how something THAT small could do that!) Don't get rid of them and don't be scared, they are way cool. They eat other bugs like mosquitoes. Nymphs do eat very, very young goldfish - something less than a quarter of an inch I'd say. San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Koi, Goldfish, and RES named Colombo.
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