dragonflies!

If you don't have something in your pond eating
infant fish you are going to be overrun by them.
Animals reproduce over the numbers needed
because they are all food for each other.

Besides adult fish eat dragonfly nymphs.

They bite with their mouths, no stingers on
their tails. Just don't grab one and you'll be
fine.

IF you provide a WATER source Mother Nature takes that
as an open invitation and all sorts of things show
up. From ameobas to algae to worms to insects (over
5,000 live all or part of their lives in water) to frogs, turtles,
newts, snakes, birds, mammals, even plants, etc. The trick is to
know what you can control (very little) and live with what
you can't.


kathy :-)
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"Andy Hill" wrote in message
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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!)
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I have them as well. I've never been stung by one.

Not surprising, since dragonflies don't sting.
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Good because we have loads of them out in the propagation pools. :-)
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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 :-)

"*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!)



Be glad you have so many dragonflies, they are an insect you should be happy
to have. Adult dragonflies eat all kinds pest insects such as mosquitoes and
gnats. Dragonfly nymphs eat mostly aquatic insect, mosquito larva in
particular, they might occasionally catch a few goldfish fry (new born
goldfish) but other then that, they are nothing to worry about.

-S

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
===news1i8c1th7mpctfdte9liaejmd6il45bkai@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 :-)


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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!
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Damselflies will fold their wings up behind them when they
light on a plant stem, dragonflies keep their
wings straight out, that's how I tell them apart.

k :-)

"mark Bannister" wrote in message
...
*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!)

Like everyone else said, they're good bugs.
I'll just add they're the favorite food of Purple
Martins, if you get those birds in your area.

Gail

I'll have to check that folding wing thing out next trip to the pond.



On 30 Jun 2005 16:02:54 -0700, "kathy" wrote:

===
===Damselflies will fold their wings up behind them when they
===light on a plant stem, dragonflies keep their
===wings straight out, that's how I tell them apart.
===
===k :-)


==============================================
Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!
"The original frugal ponder"
~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o

Like everyone else said, they're good bugs.
I'll just add they're the favorite food of Purple
Martins, if you get those birds in your area.
Gail

And here I thought dragonflies didn't have any predators. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:13:13 GMT, (Roy) wrote:




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?

Dragonflies work a particular route when feeding. Watch one sometime.
He will fly in a big loop constantly covering the same airspace. They
are the coolest insect (except maybe for bumblebees) and do not bite,
sting or otherwise mess with humans.

John