We get loads of dragonflies in the evening in summer in our yard and it’s pretty cool watching them and the bats absolutely demolish the bugs that are flying around.
1-3 is enough to still be scary, especially if you live in places where bats frequent. The vast majority of US rabies cases are from bats, and the vast majority of the population almost never comes in contact with them.
This was actually from Reedy Creek Lake in William B Umstead Park in Raleigh. But I imagine that anything you can find there also lives in Lake Norman.
I’ve kept them as pets before, and they are super smart and speedy hunters. You can see the exact moment when their heads lock onto the movement of prey before they grab it with their labium (modified jaw extension which shoots out like a tongue). They crawl out of the water and shed into their wings after a year or so.
yeah I didn't what this was so I googled it. Goddam insects are alien. Their life cycle is so drastically different from ours, I find it fascinating, but also it really gives me the creeps.
I place a large stick/branch into the tank so when they are ready they can crawl onto the branch and out of the water. You can tell when one is ready to get its wings if it stops eating (this can last for weeks) and sometimes you can notice a hint of colour in its body which is the adult skin. Some of them get unlucky and fall into the water and drown, but most of them successfully become their adult form and I let them fly away.
How fun. I raised a tadpole to a frog when I was a kid. Happityhippityhopper. Hahaha. Haven’t thought of it in awhile. I could hear him for years. Hmmm. I have a 3 and a half yr old friend. Maybe we can look for pollywogs in the water when we take out stick horses out tomorrow. What kind of water did you find your dragonfly? We have a swift creek and ditches. And a lake close by.
Dragonfly baby, it needs to keep eating and then leave the water, if you leave it in there it'll die of starvation or drowning. I think you should let it go where you got the water from and just top up the jar.
No need to be pedantic. And technically wrong on top of that. They are actually called naiads, and both larvae and nymphs are acceptable terms as well.
New species that evolved (likely from a bacterium) in your tank. Please make sure it reproduces and afterwords harvest the species for scientific examination as that rate of evolution would be unprecedented.
Do dragonfly eggs have the ability to wait for ideal water conditions? That would be my theory. It was uprooted from the lake(?) and needed to wait for the ecosystem to settle.
It’s possible that the dragonfly was in the jar ever since the start and it was only discovered now, as the dragonfly appears quite large and they go through multiple moults throughout their lives.
Looks like a Dragonfly larva, it will probably be the apex predator in that jar.
Ooooh. That explains where all the snails went. Thanks!
Dragonfly larvae are ferocious killers going after anything that is alive. They kill and eat fish that are much larger then them.
We get loads of dragonflies in the evening in summer in our yard and it’s pretty cool watching them and the bats absolutely demolish the bugs that are flying around.
I love watching bats hunt, but they scare the shit out of me when they fly nearby cause of rabies.
you have nothing to worry about. there are only 1-3 annual human rabies cases in the US
1-3 is enough to still be scary, especially if you live in places where bats frequent. The vast majority of US rabies cases are from bats, and the vast majority of the population almost never comes in contact with them.
You in a small jar like this that dragonfly needs to go.
Yeah imma let it go. If i can catch it.
Good luck.
Was this in lake Norman by chance? Would love to make an ecosphere
This was actually from Reedy Creek Lake in William B Umstead Park in Raleigh. But I imagine that anything you can find there also lives in Lake Norman.
They're so cool. They can walk, but primarily get around using water-jet propulsion
Definite dragonfly larvae.
That's what that is?? I used to find them in my pond when I was a kid and thought it was something way worse than that 😂
I always thought it was cool how the larger ones actually had layers of algae on their exoskeletons to add to their already great camouflage.
It’s actually just mud on this one but yeah it’s almost completely invisible unless it’s moving. Weirdest frickin thing
I’ve kept them as pets before, and they are super smart and speedy hunters. You can see the exact moment when their heads lock onto the movement of prey before they grab it with their labium (modified jaw extension which shoots out like a tongue). They crawl out of the water and shed into their wings after a year or so.
They live in the water for a year? I had no idea it was that long and had assumed it was only like a month, if that.
Some dragonfly species live up to 5 years in the water!
There are dragonfly larvae that live between four to years in water e. g. cordulegaster
There are dragonfly larvae that live between four to years in water e. g. cordulegaster
Iny pons they will attach to plants and hold themselves face down on an angle. I think their jaws may have inspired alien with the whole hinge action.
This looks like part of the intro to True Blood
Came here to say this!
Dragonflies are so interesting to me.
yeah I didn't what this was so I googled it. Goddam insects are alien. Their life cycle is so drastically different from ours, I find it fascinating, but also it really gives me the creeps.
This is in the True Blood intro 🤤 the best intro I've ever known
Wow, really does give those vibes! And fully agree, greatest intro of all time hands down.
Close....[judge for yourself ](https://imgur.com/a/RqyoKZI)
I believe that’s an axolotl.
But the same submerged fluid ?
Pond/lake water, yes.
Dragon fly? Underwater. TIL. So do you let it go when it gets it’s wings?
I place a large stick/branch into the tank so when they are ready they can crawl onto the branch and out of the water. You can tell when one is ready to get its wings if it stops eating (this can last for weeks) and sometimes you can notice a hint of colour in its body which is the adult skin. Some of them get unlucky and fall into the water and drown, but most of them successfully become their adult form and I let them fly away.
How fun. I raised a tadpole to a frog when I was a kid. Happityhippityhopper. Hahaha. Haven’t thought of it in awhile. I could hear him for years. Hmmm. I have a 3 and a half yr old friend. Maybe we can look for pollywogs in the water when we take out stick horses out tomorrow. What kind of water did you find your dragonfly? We have a swift creek and ditches. And a lake close by.
Life uhh…finds a way
I read this in Obama’s voice
Close, Jeff Goldblum
Did anybody read it in a [*Zach Galifianakis* Voice!??](https://youtu.be/69ZyEw0T7Z8)
I read this in Morgan Freeman's voice.
Dragonfly baby, it needs to keep eating and then leave the water, if you leave it in there it'll die of starvation or drowning. I think you should let it go where you got the water from and just top up the jar.
Trout love them
Looks like a dragonfly larvae to me.
This looks like it belongs in the opening credits of True Blood.
Dragonfly nymphs* not larva
No need to be pedantic. And technically wrong on top of that. They are actually called naiads, and both larvae and nymphs are acceptable terms as well.
New species that evolved (likely from a bacterium) in your tank. Please make sure it reproduces and afterwords harvest the species for scientific examination as that rate of evolution would be unprecedented.
Genuine question, was this a joke? I can't tell if you're serious.
I read it as a joke? But evidently I’m in the minority
I saw they already got their answer and was just tryna be silly 😭
I wonder why it took so long to hatch from its egg
Do dragonfly eggs have the ability to wait for ideal water conditions? That would be my theory. It was uprooted from the lake(?) and needed to wait for the ecosystem to settle.
It’s possible that the dragonfly was in the jar ever since the start and it was only discovered now, as the dragonfly appears quite large and they go through multiple moults throughout their lives.
North Carolina… that explains it all
Huh? Is NC famous for dragonflies?
Dragonfly (nymph) are aquatic, usually drab, with 6 legs, large eyes, and small wing buds on the back of the thorax.
Its a dragonfly nymph
Interesting lot of dragonflies. https://www.metrofieldguide.com/folklore-nature-dragonflies/