Dragonfly appreciation thread

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>>1085335
Here's an OC to contribute

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>>1085347
Also this one

>>1085347
>he doesnt know the difference between a damselfly and a dragonfly
Embarrassing lad

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>>1085355
You're right I have no idea

>>1085335
There's always a dragonfly that lands on my fishing bobber or rod tip when I'm fishing. Their pretty common here.

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Dragonflys live as nymphs before they hatch into adults. They can live for up to 4 years as a nymph, and they are voracious predators. They have an extendable jaw which they use to fuck shit up with.
The adults you see flying around only live for 2 months. Learning there lifecycle made me appreciate them so much more.

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Last weekend. Envy me, bitchez.

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I didn’t even realise we got them this big in Britain.

I see them all the time fishing, or rather damsel flies.
Normally mating. Sometimes I'd see a bunch of them stacked on some topwater vegetation. That's when a fish tends to come up and try and snatch one.

They love to check out my rod and line, sometimes landing on it. Rarely upon my shoulder

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I love Dragonfly

>>1087420
Beautifull

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>>1088352
My dripping wet dragonfly

>>1088356
Excellent post my friend

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>>1088356
Noice

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>>1088356
Let's try and keep it to dragonflies, shall we?

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Ok so maybe you lads can explain

>couple of weeks ago
>hiking with my gf
>find a creek, clean our selfs
>gf sees somthing land in the water
>it's two dragonflies joined by their genitals I think
>one of them HAS HIS HEAD FUCKING RIPPED OFF but still attached to the body
>we watch the alive one nearly drown
>he finally detaches from the dead one
>I use a stick to remove from from the water and he flies away
>pic related the dead one still in the water

is this something normal? I didn't know dragonflies rip off the heads of their mates...

>>1088504
the animal kingdom is a true horror, yes dragonflies do the dirty deed of killing their mates much like humans

>>1088504
>hiking with my gf
You too, will suffer the same fate as that dragonfly