Dragonflies

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:32:49 -0500, Galen Hekhuis wrote:

We've had a "hard" freeze down here, the temperature got down into the high
20s. It killed most of the bugs that were flying around. So I was a bit
surprised to see a dragonfly buzzing over the pond. I can see a fly
crawling into some crevice, and I could imagine a butterfly folding its
wings and scooting into some little crack to survive. But I've never seen
a dragonfly fold its wings, it seems like it might need a somewhat bigger
space to survive. So where do these critters go when it gets cold?

Can't tell you where they go, but I think it is cool that you saw one. I do
know the larvae/nymphs are still active under the ice and will eat fry all
winter long. :-( The reason I caught a few of my smaller fantail babies to
give them a chance inside. ~ jan

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:17:03 GMT, ~ janj wrote:

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:32:49 -0500, Galen Hekhuis wrote:

We've had a "hard" freeze down here, the temperature got down into the high
20s. It killed most of the bugs that were flying around. So I was a bit
surprised to see a dragonfly buzzing over the pond. I can see a fly
crawling into some crevice, and I could imagine a butterfly folding its
wings and scooting into some little crack to survive. But I've never seen
a dragonfly fold its wings, it seems like it might need a somewhat bigger
space to survive. So where do these critters go when it gets cold?

Can't tell you where they go, but I think it is cool that you saw one. I do
know the larvae/nymphs are still active under the ice and will eat fry all
winter long. :-( The reason I caught a few of my smaller fantail babies to
give them a chance inside. ~ jan

I was watching them a bit last summer. Farther south I've been told they
live as long as a year as adults, but I think it would be marginal at best
around here. Most of the flowers got nailed but a few seem unscathed and I
saw a few butterflies around today also. Like I say, I can sort of see a
butterfly folding its wings and maybe crawling into a crack, but I don't
think a dragonfly *can* even fold its wings.

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Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
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