They are super cool and super territorial by all accounts. We were in a pop-up pub in a field and this guy kept coming to sit on our hands. I guess we were in his spot…Common Darter
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shalafi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
ahem
I LOVE dragonflies! Getting a tat of one, my first!
If a dragonfly locks onto your happy ass, you’re meat. 95-97% hunt success ratio, highest of any animal on the planet. Strongest flying insect, with 4 independently operating wings. Their head is basically a giant, binocular eyeball, a complete target-seeking combat package.
They do love them some mosquitoes, that’s a fact. Not going to say our swamp in the boonies is mosquito free, but it’s a swamp, it’s loaded with dragonflies, and there ain’t many around. Anything smaller than them, which is to say, everyone else, is fair dinkums. They’ll start horking down on what ever part first fits in those gigantic jaws, alive or dead, no matter. Every watched one eat? Not for the faint of heart. Those jaws are like a squared-off, champing vice. Crazy nasty ass dragonfly, dragonfly don’t care, dragonfly doesn’t give a shit. We got tactical smart missiles, phased plasma pulse rifles, RPGs, we got sonic electronic ball breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks… We got dragonflies!
Want to “pet” one? Hold very still and stick your finger out, they’ll eventually use you as a helipad. Woman across the street is a got damned dragonfly whisperer, got a dozen pics of her holding one. Here’s one chillin’ on my wife, rode half a mile upstream with us, our very own combat air patrol.
Anyway, I think dragonflies are kinda cool.
dave@feddit.uk 3 months ago
CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 3 months ago
You’ve enlightened me. I love dragonflies too now.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 months ago
xthexder@l.sw0.com 3 months ago
I think Dragonflies are pretty cool too. Thanks for the fun facts!
In return, here is the best dragonfly photo I have taken to date. Image
orivar@programming.dev 3 months ago
maccentric@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
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MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 months ago
That was absolutely glorious and insanely witty. I’ve been called witty before and this had me feeling joyfully outclassed. I thought I was in for some crazy copy pasta but it just ended up further educating me on WHY dragonflies are so cool.
(And yeah damselflies, psh. Bugs. Seeing a dragonfly is a GOOD day.)
I hope this becomes a copy pasta. It was legit hilarious and awesome to read.
Dang it I’m really hoping you’re having like *a really good day. * Thanks for writing this. :D
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 months ago
So what do they eat as larvae? Mosquito eggs?
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 months ago
Anything that move and smaller than them, even fish, as they’re ambush predator, by launching their dino-grabber-like mouth part to grab their prey and send it right into their mouth. They also have jet butt. If the adult is the airforce, the nymph is the navy.
meowMix2525@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Yes mosquito larvae is indeed one of the things they eat in the water
Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Your writing had a bit of a ‘the oatmeal’ vibe to it. Nice
SinkingLotus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Sounds like you might be interested in reading a manhwa called “Jungle Juice”.
A bug killer spray called “Jungle Juice” is being sold. After using the spray, they gain a “complex”, which essentially turns them into at a human-bug hybrid with whatever they killed. The main character killed a Golden-ringed Dragonfly.
nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 3 months ago
Could you post some pics of the trashcan? Sounds cool, might want to make one
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
You’re the person that makes me exhale In relief when i am at social gatherings.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Illecors@lemmy.cafe 3 months ago
That voice acting! Marvelous!
5too@lemmy.world 3 months ago
…I would be very interested in seeing how you describe your hummingbirds!
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This feels like a copypasta from a better universe than ours
Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 months ago
This appears bespoke. Subscribe.