▲ 33 ▼ Dragonflies doing stuff (mastodon.neatobuilds.com) submitted 1 year ago by neatobuilds@lemmy.today to c/entomology@mander.xyz 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/users/mrpistachios/statuses/114892213315364470 Dragonflies doing stuff @photography #Photography #insects #nature #macro #SonyA7RIII #sony #Laowa #year2025
[–] Genefixer@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (3 children) Damselflies not Dragonflies. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) do they eat mosquitos like dragonflies? edit: had time to look it up - Adult damselflies catch and eat flies, mosquitoes, and other small insects. Often they hover among grasses and low vegetation, picking prey off stems and leaves with their spiny legs (unlike dragonflies which prefer catching flying prey). pretty too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) oh shoot all this time I was always wondering why some of them were way bigger than the others and never thought about what a damselfly was after hearing the name, thank you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Genefixer@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago It’s not so much the size that tells them apart. Damselflies fold their wings together when they rest while dragonflies always have them out to the sides of their body. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) do they eat mosquitos like dragonflies? edit: had time to look it up - Adult damselflies catch and eat flies, mosquitoes, and other small insects. Often they hover among grasses and low vegetation, picking prey off stems and leaves with their spiny legs (unlike dragonflies which prefer catching flying prey). pretty too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) oh shoot all this time I was always wondering why some of them were way bigger than the others and never thought about what a damselfly was after hearing the name, thank you permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Genefixer@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago It’s not so much the size that tells them apart. Damselflies fold their wings together when they rest while dragonflies always have them out to the sides of their body. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Genefixer@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago It’s not so much the size that tells them apart. Damselflies fold their wings together when they rest while dragonflies always have them out to the sides of their body. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Are they having sex? permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today [S] 6 points 1 year ago yeah, you can tell by the heart shape they make with their bodies that they are making love permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today [S] 6 points 1 year ago yeah, you can tell by the heart shape they make with their bodies that they are making love permalink fedilink source parent
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