How To Attract DRAGONFLIES For A MOSQUITO FREE Yard And Garden!

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They will communicate too. I was harvesting carrots into a water filled bucket when I discovered a lovely little red dragon fly with it's wings swamped in the water. He couldn't break the water tension. I slipped my fingers under him, scooped him out and sat him on a nearby plant continuing to harvest. Soon I heard a persistent buzzing by my left ear. I froze and slowly turned my head to see him hovering very near me. He stayed there for several seconds as my heart swelled. I said "you're welcome" and he went on his way. I'll never forget the encounter.

In northern Louisiana we had a cabin near a large lake with lots of dragonflies. Mosquito populations were indescribably low, but we would get horseflies on occasion. One day we had an aggressive horsefly that was elusive to our sprays and attempts at swatting it out of the air - until it was suddenly and unexpectedly snatched out of mid-air by a huge dragonfly! It was amazing!

Dragonflies 'scary?!' Fell asleep in the long grass next to a 'pot hole' lake in eastern Ontario, years ago, and woke up blanketed, head to foot, in dragonflies. A moment after I opened my eyes, they were already in flight, again, and I wasn't scared, but sad that they'd taken off before I could check them out. I took it as an extreme honor that they'd rested on me : )

I have a screened in porch without a door. The Dragonflies sometimes get stuck on the porch. I have a net out there I use to take them off. I always know if I’m moving one that has been on the porch before. Because they are very smart. The first time I have to catch one it’s afraid of the net so they make me work for it. The second time I just have to put the net up next to them and they jump on and I take them back out. The first couple times that happened I was shocked. Now I’m just impressed. They are my very favorite insect

Fun fact: Dragonflies are the most accurate hunters among all all species of insects, animals, birds, fish, reptiles ect. They have about a 98% success rate catching prey. For reference, a Lion is about 30%

When my husband died, I returned from hospital, sat on grass in yard at dawn, numb, deep grief, broken spirit, within minutes hundreds of them covered me

I was trout fishing in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan, and I met the most accommodating Dragon fly! It would sit on my fishing pole and attack every Fly, Wasp... whatever, keeping me bug free. In the Deepwoods I was in, this is almost considered a Mirical, that a festival should be declared and practiced with awe and joy.

Shortly after my mom died I was in my pool feeling the weight of my grief. I noticed a dragonfly hovering over the water and I reached up gently and held my hand up. The dragonfly came and landed on my hand and looked directly at me with the cutest little smile. I greeted it and wondered at it's beauty. It started on my hand for a few moments and flew off. A moment later it returned and landed on my hand again. It was really special and sweet and brought me a few moments of comfort and amazement.

I was just reading an article about how humans are causing the insect population to collapse because of issues like overuse of pesticides and habitat destruction. Fostering a garden that dragonflies want to visit is so much better than dumping pesticides everywhere trying to keep mosquitoes away!

It's ironic you put this out today, an hour ago I had a dragonfly perch on the top of my phone and I sat and observed him for awhile. Definitely one of the coolest bugs.

I've got an army of dragonflies around my home lately. And I love watching them zip around. Knowing that they're gobbling up the mosquitoes makes going outside a much more pleasant time.

I am lucky enough to have dragon fly's - just never knew how helpful they were - we did have a bad issue with stink bugs and the lantern flies - i got the bright idea to raise praying mantis collected eggs from around my property and bought some off the internet - hatched them out and kept them until their 2nd shed then it was warm enough to release - i had about a total of 2500 i released on my property and around my garden - i was the only one in my area that had zero lantern flys at my property and only seen one or two stink bugs that season - they did a fantastic job - i know many dont like the praying mantis but im telling you had it not been for them i wouldnt have had my garden - both my neighbors completely lost theirs - i had a full crop - i did raise one till she was full size and then let her lose in my garden so she could live out her time free (they only live a year) and when i would work in my garden she would come get on me and sit with me while i worked - she for a bug was super sweet and boy do they have an apatite ! just some food for thought for anyone that like them they are super helpful and did i mention i used zero pesticides - didnt need any my little army got the job done

Many years ago, I was asked whether or not I wanted to do a job in South Africa. It was a private military operation. And I told them that I usually get eaten up badly by mosquitoes. I was told that about a week to 10 days before I head out, to take vitamin B2 a couple of times a day. It worked wonderfully. I rarely get bitten by mosquitoes anymore. I will either take a b complex vitamin daily or a B2 vitamin, and I don't even have to take it everyday. But my mosquito issues have pretty much abated back then, and have never returned. That is something to put into your hat for making sure that you and others in your household may have less of an issue with mosquitoes.

one of my favourite memories is when I got a bubble gun for my boy, and tested it out one morning, so many bubbles, dragonflies came from all around checking out the bubbles, must have been like 40 of em just chasing them and checking them out. they are so cool.

😂 they look like mini birds sitting on mini telephone wires. I love dragon flies they are so beautiful thank you for sharing your tips. They are great ❤❤

I can attest to this. I live next to a swamp and mosquitoes are so terrible, the animals won't go outside, not even the cat. The SAME DAY dragonflies hatch as adults, usually 1-2 weeks after mosquitoes do, the air is CLEANSED of mosquitoes. SAME DAY. They're so good at it, once they show up, I can leave my doors open without screens and not have a single mosquito get in the house. They really are very friendly. They let you get close and buzz around like they're playing with you. I had one hover in front of me, eye to eye. I said, "Am I ever GLAD to see YOU!" It hovered for a few seconds more and took off to go hunting. Two got caught in the garden netting chasing their prey, so the first one was a little panicked because I had to get close to twist it back out of the fibers. It calmed down and waited for me, then flew away. I came back for the second one, and it freaked out so I said, "Wait. Wait. I have an idea." and it calmed right down even tho I kept brushing its wings separating the threads. It waited a few seconds looking at me and then it took off too. Their nymphs are hideous crusty looking things and were growing in my bubbling water feature. I almost poisoned them with bleach thinking they were nuisance pests, but fortunately let them live after looking them up online.

I love dragonflies. Last year one flew up to me and just hovered right in front of me for several seconds. I said "hey sweetheart how are you," and it may sound weird but I felt a connection with that beautiful insect. I live in Oklahoma City and they are rarely seen around our area. Thank you for helping them!!!

After 26 years of experience with garden ponds and dragonflies, I can say the following: as soon as the first pond was built, the first of those larger dragonflies arrived - even before that pond's water got stabilized for fish and plants to be introduced. And some of the dragonflies have been breeding here ever since. If you keep goldfish and feed them in moderation, they actually eat virtually all of the mosquito larvae, but can never eat all of dragonfly larvae, as these also grow to be larger - and actually prey on fish fry, the tiny fish offspring. Spring time cleaning, which is an annual necessity if such an eutrophic pond is to be kept in balance so as not to become a marsh and then a bog (and to not suffocate the fish and the larvae during the winter freeze), does somewhat disrupt the dragonfly larvae (and fish), but the larvae hide among the removed vegetation and muck and detritus thrown out with the muddy water. This, if left for a couple of hours near the pond, enables the larvae to instinctively return to the pond as it is being refilled with fresh water. So they return and still complete their lifecycle, despite the annual clean-ups. In a very small pond, however, even in the absence of fish, the larvae tend to prey upon each other if competition for food gets too tough.

I once saw a dragonfly take off from its perching spot only to return with a housefly in its mouth. It was astonishing to watch the dragonfly go om-nom-nom on its meal. Previously, I thought I scared it away when I got closer. There was also a time I brought in a dying dragonfly that wasn't doing much at all. I knew there was nothing I could do for it, but I wanted to keep it safe in my room until that moment came. Then I buried it in my backyard like it was my pet. I still have digital photographs of the dragonfly the day I took it in; its blue and green colors were absolutely gorgeous.