I heard that dragonflies are released each spring on Palmerston Lake where our cottage is located. This practice is to reduce the number of annoying mosquitoes, horse flies, deer flies, black flies and such, naturally…
While I have seen numerous dragonflies circling around, I had never seen one catch or eat any of the thousands of mosquitoes or black, deer and horse flys prevalent this time of year at the lake. Until this past weekend…
As we worked on the final stages of our new deck project, a large blue dragonfly landed right beside us on a board, with a horsefly in its grasp. For the next 30 minutes, the dragonfly chomped away on the horsefly, paying no attention to us. It was so intent on devouring its prize, that it did not budge as I snapped pictures and a video of the action from inches away…
Watch the jaws at work:
Trying to stuff the whole horse fly into its mouth…
and then finishing it off:
Shortly after it had devoured the fly, the dragonfly took off and I got back to work. I bet the dragonfly flew off to have a nap somewhere; that was a workout! The bugs seem to be worse than ever this spring, but I have proof there is now one less horse fly around to bite me!
but my father always told me that seeing a dragon fly meant that there were dragons about…
Wow! Ive always loved dragonflies and never seen one eat a bug before! thanks so much for sharing Lorie 🙂
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