If they're so great why are they so scarce?

>>5113353
theyre literally everywhere where fresh water is found

Dragonflies like to perch on clothes lines.

I doubt the hunting rate, I see them hunt some weird flies every year and the flies would fly near the water and do instant drops, making the dragonflies miss or fall into the water.

>>5113353
they absolutely are not,you retard

Do the larger one have more brain power? The bigger they are, the harder they're coaxed into landing on your hand :(

>>5114247
No but large dragonflies tend to fly uninterruptedly for hours

>>5114249
Looks like the big ones have favorite perching spots so you have to stalk them and then become the spot

>>5113342
The only way to attract them is to have a pond, right? a big one?

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>>5114275
doesn't have to be a large one. a simple, well-planted barrel pond will already attract them and you'll be having plenty of nymphs growing up in there in no time

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>>5114275
Mine is used by five different species as a reproduction site and it's not very big. All you need is a lot of native aquatic plants and no fish.

>>5113342
they perch on my fishing rod sometimes

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>>5113342
>is one of the only insects that is not only not hated, but widely liked by humanity
In Europe, dragonflies have often been seen as sinister. Some English vernacular names, such as "horse-stinger",[38] "devil's darning needle", and "ear cutter", link them with evil or injury.[39] Swedish folklore holds that the devil uses dragonflies to weigh people's souls.[33] The Norwegian name for dragonflies is Øyenstikker ("eye-poker"), and in Portugal, they are sometimes called tira-olhos ("eyes-snatcher"). They are often associated with snakes, as in the Welsh name gwas-y-neidr, "adder's servant".[39] The Southern United States term "snake doctor" refers to a folk belief that dragonflies follow snakes around and stitch them back together if they are injured.[40]

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>>5114842
>dragonflies follow snakes around and stitch them back together if they are injured

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>>5114851
It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it.

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>>5114863
Gotta boop that snoot

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Look at this carnivore go

>>5114868
he's bringing down the successful hunt percentage...

>>5113973
big dragon does not want you to know this.

I've twice had the privilege of witnessing a swarm of his hundreds of dragonflies feasting on mosquitoes above my pool in the summer. It's the coolest thing I've ever seen.

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In other news, they learned to walk

>>5113439
and sometimes not even that, considering i still see flame skimmers here in the arizona desert where the only open water is people's backyard pools

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oh no

>>5115572
In their larval stage the opposite is true

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>>5115595
creepy<