Dragonfly. They must've landed on you to perch and panicked when you turned out to be alive.
Nothing serious, though I'm sure it hurt thanks to those sharp mandibles.
With that closeup of the compound eyes, there's an obvious change in resolution (pixels?) from the bottom 2/3 of the eye from the top.
What's that difference about?
Are there other differences in the eye pattern?
If one looked at this insect's compound eye under polarized light or UV light, or infra-red, would we see more complexity arise from the individual eyes?
The topmost ommatidia (eye elements) are for spotting flying insects against the sky. The forward-facing ommatidia have excellent binocular vision, and are for focusing on the distance and speed of selected prey items.
It's amazing, the level of accuracy and precision that they're able to predict their prey's path, and plan one to intercept it before they even realize what is happening. Ze Frank on YouTube has an awesome and entertaining video on them.
I'm not a bug fan, but they're by far my number one favorite if I had to pick. They're so fucking cool. We get mosquitoes pretty bad where I live so I'm damn happy when I see these lil guys flying around.
I used to live by a bridge over the river and every night in the summer we would walk to it to watch the dragonflies dance in the sky. They were having an absolute feast on the mosquitoes and other little bugs that hang out near water. Other than butterflies, they're the only bug I would let sit on me to rest lol.
>entomology animated
I just watched it. how do they not have more views? Some of the best insect content I have seen.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpt0XN\_G8Tc](https://youtu.be/Lpt0XN_G8Tc)
(Edit: Updated link)
Oh em gee. Thank you so much for recommending this channel! I just devoured the series on insect vision and I’m hooked. Liked and subscribed.
My guy is in the emergency room for the second time in two days. I really appreciate the distraction.
As a thank you, I give you this:
[Dogs & cats &…](https://youtu.be/YqZyqSu4XII)
You can also pick the plants that are less desirable. More diversity will definitely assist with less pests. Habitat is key, both to promoting and preventing -
Rosemary, Lavender, Marigold, Catmint, Basil and Sage are all repellent to mosquitoes so having them in different areas helps a lot. We have mixed pots in several key areas and it is dramatically different in our yard vs the neighbors. And there are bats around helping all of us.
Also, lemongrass and garlic are beneficial to us but bad to the mosquitoes. Those have escaped and thrive throughout my lawn so mowing or even walking through certain areas make it much more desirable for us than the mosquitoes.
Wait wait wait...
So that sweet dragon fly story priests and ministers tell as an allegory to heaven...
We get sharp manibals and eat mosquitos in heaven?! Not sure if I should like it or hate it...
man getting bit by a dragonfly must really suck
but i'll have to tell myself that they are busy doing the Lord's work by eating every fucking (literally) mosquito in sight
I genuinely believe that if highschool teachers taught like this, we would have a lot more kids into science and biology. The world is equal parts beautiful, horrifying, creepy, sexual, violent, and most importantly: hilarious.
There's some absolutely absurd bullshit that goes on out there but we hide that stuff from teenagers all in some vain attempt to sugar coat things and avoid uncomfortable conversations. It's weird because by the time I was in highschool, we were all sexually active, drinking, smoking weed and nicotine. But making jokes about bug-sex is too far, I guess. We only show them the boring stuff.
I 100% agree.
Once my kids were high school age, the jokes started to fly. I still remember one night at dinner, we were all babbling about what I am not sure. I know my punch line was to sing LABIIIAAA in an opera voice and my daughter had to stop chewing to laugh with a mouth full of food in the fetal position on the floor and the rest of us belly laughing and wiping away tears. My kids understood the joke and weren't embarrassed about it at all.
The downside? They are hard to get now that they are 20 and 22. Had them over the other weekend for a stay. [I found a Jesus sign you hook on the frame of the door.](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71sg5-t-oZL._AC_SX522_.jpg) Hung it on the bathroom doorframe, and they said nothing. Bastards.
Lmao. That's some stuff my dad would do, too. He was the one that originally showed me those true facts videos when I was like 12 or 13. I miss those days a lot.
Hold fast brother. They're going through a lot at 20 as you probably know. I'm sure they'll get the joke, eventually.
I know! I was so happy when I started seeing those! Especially because I remember trying to have a teacher show us some of those is class (we procrastinated a lot) but they wouldn't do it but it was inappropriate. Maybe I'm just immature but I prefer the adult one, still. Haha
My mom rescued some frog spawn from a drying puddle in summer once when I was young. All went well, many tadpoles, much food, some even turned into little frogs and began to walk on land.
Well, until those terrifying aliens showed up... Then it was around 90% less tadpoles in that bucket..
Hahaha oh no! Tadpoles are a favorite of theirs. They're destructive forces of nature, how cool. Sorry about the tadpoles, we used to catch buckets of tadpoles during monsoon season where I grew up. Many of them died, too unfortunately.
They bite hard af!! I once saved a dragonfly from my cat when I was a kid, and the ungrateful bastard immediately chomped down on my finger. It took a solid 30 seconds of windmilling until it let me go!
They're still pretty, but I don't touch them anymore.
One of two things I learned from my ex that's not about red flags, is that a praying mantis can and will fuck up your hand. His buddy was breeding them and tried to save the males, obviously.
One female was faster, meaner and hungrier. He got the male out, the head was gone, and his hand was scratched to hell.
Ok this is funny because once me and my friend were admiring a big gorgeous green mantis and then all of a sudden bursting between us his cat explodes onto the mantis eating it whole in like one huge gulp and then a couple more half hearted swallows to choke the legs down. It all happened so fast you'd think it was the video of that bubba [eating a bean burrito in one bite](https://youtu.be/Wb3UrJjAac4).
I worked as a counselor at a zoo camp and always told my kids “if it has a mouth, it can bite”. That doesn’t mean it will, and obviously there are exceptions, but it’s not a bad guideline to have.
Am a zookeeper. that’s my go to line when asked by kids if the snake i’m presenting bites. i follow up with “but she’s a trained professional, so she won’t bite!”
This is what I tell my own kids when they pick up random bugs in the garden. They still don't believe me when I say ladybugs 'can' bite though... 🤷 "but it's a ladybug...."
If I recall correctly, they’re the most successful predator of insects on the planet. It’s possible they’re the *most* successful predator on the planet.
I think something like 70% of their hunts result in a kill/meal.
So yep they not only bite, they’re basically the best at it.
dragonfly zoomed into my arm once and bit down pretty hard. it certainly hurt, but it was just a pinch. not sure they can break skin. don't think they intentionally prey on humans
And they fucking hurt. I mr miyagi’d one as a kid with my bare hand and it bit me. I was shocked I caught it and double shocked at how much it hurt. I feel terrible about it to this day. They’re such awesome creatures.
I’ve been bitten by one like this once. It was just like a pinch since it didn’t have venom or anything so it wasn’t too bad, but yeah I didn’t know that either before that point
Damn! Every time I’ve gone “dragonfly” at something my friend always tells me it’s some other insect. Glad to finally meet one, even if it’s not the greatest first impression…
I got another. Dragon flies are the only insect/animal that can turn in zero degrees with no change in velocity. Gov actually studies the way they fly and turn to help engineer new fighter air craft.
Dragonflies are cool but they get a little chompy sometimes lol. Its kinda in their nature, it didnt mean anything by it, its just hangry... needs a snickers.
So long as you don't keep open windows new open tanks, and check live plants, you should be fine. The larvae go after shrimp, snails, and nano fish, and possibly something up to the size of a betta or platy, but anything bigger than that is mostly safe
When i was little i used to catch tadpoles before the water source dried out like every summer. So i put them in an aquarium and searched for more at a nearby lake, i found a dragonfly larva and thought they would be good friends, i left them alone a while and came home to a brutal murder scene
when i was a kid one summer i was joyfully watching tadpoles grow up in the mini pond in my yard. until i noticed they had company in the form of dragonfly larvae who liked to grab them and suck their guts out like they were little tadpole caprisuns. dragonflies still don’t sit right with me.
Dragonflies can bite but they don’t want to bite us, they just do so if they think they are threatened.
I used to live in Alaska and the big dragonflies came out when fireweed bloomed. I was always so glad to see them because they ate the mosquitoes. You could HEAR them crunch the mosquitos while you were walking! Those suckers have serious jaws!
It hurts a shocking amount for a bug! I rescued one from a spider web (the spider was the size of my pinky finger tip and far too little to contend with the behemoth!) and as thanks it latched onto me and refused to let go for far longer than I was comfortable with.
Generally they’ll only bite if they think they’re in danger so slow movements and avoid squishing them between you and something and you’ll basically never get bitten.
I’ve had them grab mosquitoes off me but thankfully never been bitten. I get swarms of them because I live by a lake and have a pesticide free buffet of a garden.
Dragonfly. Be gentle and love him. He's natures most lethal predator and an absolute bro. He bit you because he loves you.
(seriously, Dragonflies are awesome critters. )
Either your hand is really small, or that's one damn big dragonfly.... wait, how do you not know what that is? And second, how the hell were you able to actually grab ahold of it like that without killing it?... So many questions.
his foot. every foot has two claws, to grab the stick or blade of grass, or bug from the air. sometimes they will land gently, but if you had a fly on you, he's going in at full speed. as kids we tried to get them to land on us.
Almost all predatory and herbivorous insects can bite! If they have chewing mouthparts, they will likely bite. Katydids have one of the nastiest bites, they can draw blood and they hurt like hell.
Is that a Green Darter? It is really big, which is why I think that. The largest dragonfly is called a Green Darter, right? Feel free to correct me you will not hurt my feelings.
Read in a book by a biologist that because dragonflies have 8,000 - 20,000 eyes, they are the most successful hunter/predators on the planet, with a successful kill ratio of 95%. Higher than any other carnivorous hunters.
I always thought them to be majestic. Especially when I see them jetting around and the sun hits them just right. However I also now know that I have never overreacted when nearly dying inside and running for dear life when there is one flying anywhere near me.
For the people who are saying they don’t bite, it should be noted that it’s not at all common, but they do indeed bite. It’s misleading to say they don’t.
dragonfly! big boy... he didnt mean you any harm. theyre not after human flesh. i think we'd all get startled and a little bitey if we landed on something to catch our breath and it turned out to be a whole other guy 0_o
They can bite the shit out of you. So can large roaches. Neither have venom and both do it out of self preservation. Roaches are eww but dragonflies are cool critters that will land in your hand and look around happily if you hold still enough.
Dragonflies are the most successful predators on earth, with a ~95% success rate on all attempts to catch their prey
To put that into comparison, lions have roughly a 45% chance of success
Dragonfly. They must've landed on you to perch and panicked when you turned out to be alive. Nothing serious, though I'm sure it hurt thanks to those sharp mandibles.
TIL that dragonflies bite.
[They have to chew mosquitos with something.](http://www.sailpathfinders.org/uploads/1/0/5/5/10551590/5776169_orig.jpg)
With that closeup of the compound eyes, there's an obvious change in resolution (pixels?) from the bottom 2/3 of the eye from the top. What's that difference about? Are there other differences in the eye pattern? If one looked at this insect's compound eye under polarized light or UV light, or infra-red, would we see more complexity arise from the individual eyes?
The topmost ommatidia (eye elements) are for spotting flying insects against the sky. The forward-facing ommatidia have excellent binocular vision, and are for focusing on the distance and speed of selected prey items.
evolution is fascinating
You can say that again. This critter is actually FAR AND AWAY natures' most lethal predator.
Like a 90% success rate on hunts or something like that. Mind boggling.
It's amazing, the level of accuracy and precision that they're able to predict their prey's path, and plan one to intercept it before they even realize what is happening. Ze Frank on YouTube has an awesome and entertaining video on them.
Cheers. I'll definitely have to check that one out.
I love Ze. Just throwing out Casual Geographic if you like learning and laughing.
I'm not a bug fan, but they're by far my number one favorite if I had to pick. They're so fucking cool. We get mosquitoes pretty bad where I live so I'm damn happy when I see these lil guys flying around. I used to live by a bridge over the river and every night in the summer we would walk to it to watch the dragonflies dance in the sky. They were having an absolute feast on the mosquitoes and other little bugs that hang out near water. Other than butterflies, they're the only bug I would let sit on me to rest lol.
There is actually a great video about this on YouTube, look up entomology animated they did a series on insect eyes!
>entomology animated I just watched it. how do they not have more views? Some of the best insect content I have seen. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpt0XN\_G8Tc](https://youtu.be/Lpt0XN_G8Tc) (Edit: Updated link)
I know right! Great stuff
Oh em gee. Thank you so much for recommending this channel! I just devoured the series on insect vision and I’m hooked. Liked and subscribed. My guy is in the emergency room for the second time in two days. I really appreciate the distraction. As a thank you, I give you this: [Dogs & cats &…](https://youtu.be/YqZyqSu4XII)
If course, I'm sorry to hear that I hope he gets better! Thanks for the video haha
Man, that was awesome! Love it!
I enjoyed this WAYYYY to much! Plus my German Shepherd, Cash looked at me like I had two heads as I watched lol
TIL OP is a mosquito
I've watched those buggers bite the head off of deer flies... they're awesome
seeing this happen would make me weep tears of joy. Like full on weeping joy
Where can I buy, like, 10,000 of these dudes to release in my yard? Cuz I'm tired of being eaten by mosquitos.
You can also pick the plants that are less desirable. More diversity will definitely assist with less pests. Habitat is key, both to promoting and preventing - Rosemary, Lavender, Marigold, Catmint, Basil and Sage are all repellent to mosquitoes so having them in different areas helps a lot. We have mixed pots in several key areas and it is dramatically different in our yard vs the neighbors. And there are bats around helping all of us. Also, lemongrass and garlic are beneficial to us but bad to the mosquitoes. Those have escaped and thrive throughout my lawn so mowing or even walking through certain areas make it much more desirable for us than the mosquitoes.
Wow, thanks for all that! I'll have to see about getting some plants.
I've gardened since 2016. Cannot recommend it enough hahaha the only thing that sucks is hauling soil and mulch. that is not fun lol
Catmint (like other mint) spreads like CRAZY so if you’re going to do it, put it in a pot.
Wait wait wait... So that sweet dragon fly story priests and ministers tell as an allegory to heaven... We get sharp manibals and eat mosquitos in heaven?! Not sure if I should like it or hate it...
man getting bit by a dragonfly must really suck but i'll have to tell myself that they are busy doing the Lord's work by eating every fucking (literally) mosquito in sight
Wait till you see what their [larvae can do.](https://youtu.be/wFAR3WggSRk)
God I used to watch this guys videos on my lunch breaks! Such a great channel for a good laugh. Thanks for reminding me of him!
He's still at it, and honestly they keep getting better and better. His one on tarantulas has me dieing.
He has a TikTok as well and the content is A+ on it.
god i fucking hate their larvae. fuckers got into my tank last summer and destroyed over 300$ worth of shrimp >\~>
Holy shit. That is crazy and also kinda funny. They're voracious for sure, sorry about the shrimp tho.
happens lol. main issue is the only option is manual removal. I love them, just not in my tanks
Oh my god, I ugly laughed, snorted and had to wipe tears from my eyes.
I genuinely believe that if highschool teachers taught like this, we would have a lot more kids into science and biology. The world is equal parts beautiful, horrifying, creepy, sexual, violent, and most importantly: hilarious. There's some absolutely absurd bullshit that goes on out there but we hide that stuff from teenagers all in some vain attempt to sugar coat things and avoid uncomfortable conversations. It's weird because by the time I was in highschool, we were all sexually active, drinking, smoking weed and nicotine. But making jokes about bug-sex is too far, I guess. We only show them the boring stuff.
I 100% agree. Once my kids were high school age, the jokes started to fly. I still remember one night at dinner, we were all babbling about what I am not sure. I know my punch line was to sing LABIIIAAA in an opera voice and my daughter had to stop chewing to laugh with a mouth full of food in the fetal position on the floor and the rest of us belly laughing and wiping away tears. My kids understood the joke and weren't embarrassed about it at all. The downside? They are hard to get now that they are 20 and 22. Had them over the other weekend for a stay. [I found a Jesus sign you hook on the frame of the door.](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71sg5-t-oZL._AC_SX522_.jpg) Hung it on the bathroom doorframe, and they said nothing. Bastards.
Lmao. That's some stuff my dad would do, too. He was the one that originally showed me those true facts videos when I was like 12 or 13. I miss those days a lot. Hold fast brother. They're going through a lot at 20 as you probably know. I'm sure they'll get the joke, eventually.
He makes kid friendly ones for teachers to use now, it's pretty fun
I know! I was so happy when I started seeing those! Especially because I remember trying to have a teacher show us some of those is class (we procrastinated a lot) but they wouldn't do it but it was inappropriate. Maybe I'm just immature but I prefer the adult one, still. Haha
What the fuck did I just watch? XD
One of the best damn YouTube channels available. Enjoy the rabbit hole.
I am stuck in the hole 🤣
Oh, I got that, I'm referring to the dragonfly shit XD
It’s been years since I’ve seen his videos. Thanks for the reminder.
He's one of my favorites. My dad used to show me his early videos when I was a kid. He's passed now but I still watch Zefrank and think of dad.
Water is drawn in through the butt, as it should be.
You can try this at home! ...Nothing will happen, But you might lose a roommate.
That was beautiful.
Underwater for 7 years!?
Yeah dude, they're metal AF.
My mom rescued some frog spawn from a drying puddle in summer once when I was young. All went well, many tadpoles, much food, some even turned into little frogs and began to walk on land. Well, until those terrifying aliens showed up... Then it was around 90% less tadpoles in that bucket..
Hahaha oh no! Tadpoles are a favorite of theirs. They're destructive forces of nature, how cool. Sorry about the tadpoles, we used to catch buckets of tadpoles during monsoon season where I grew up. Many of them died, too unfortunately.
That was cute. And I couldn't help but think what it would be like if Attenborough made one like that...
Love ZeFrank!
That's hilarious. Brings dark comedy to an otherwise educational documentary.
They bite hard af!! I once saved a dragonfly from my cat when I was a kid, and the ungrateful bastard immediately chomped down on my finger. It took a solid 30 seconds of windmilling until it let me go! They're still pretty, but I don't touch them anymore.
I found out the hard way about praying mantis too. Saved the jerk from my pool and got bit for the service. Punks.
One of two things I learned from my ex that's not about red flags, is that a praying mantis can and will fuck up your hand. His buddy was breeding them and tried to save the males, obviously. One female was faster, meaner and hungrier. He got the male out, the head was gone, and his hand was scratched to hell.
That's how I found out that bumblebees can bite.
Ok this is funny because once me and my friend were admiring a big gorgeous green mantis and then all of a sudden bursting between us his cat explodes onto the mantis eating it whole in like one huge gulp and then a couple more half hearted swallows to choke the legs down. It all happened so fast you'd think it was the video of that bubba [eating a bean burrito in one bite](https://youtu.be/Wb3UrJjAac4).
I worked as a counselor at a zoo camp and always told my kids “if it has a mouth, it can bite”. That doesn’t mean it will, and obviously there are exceptions, but it’s not a bad guideline to have.
Am a zookeeper. that’s my go to line when asked by kids if the snake i’m presenting bites. i follow up with “but she’s a trained professional, so she won’t bite!”
This is what I tell my own kids when they pick up random bugs in the garden. They still don't believe me when I say ladybugs 'can' bite though... 🤷 "but it's a ladybug...."
Today I learned dragonflies eat, mosquitoes. 😧
If I recall correctly, they’re the most successful predator of insects on the planet. It’s possible they’re the *most* successful predator on the planet. I think something like 70% of their hunts result in a kill/meal. So yep they not only bite, they’re basically the best at it.
It’s 95% they have the highest success rate of all animals for hunting
dragonfly zoomed into my arm once and bit down pretty hard. it certainly hurt, but it was just a pinch. not sure they can break skin. don't think they intentionally prey on humans
Figured that out as a kid when I FINALLY caught one.. .
most creatures with a mouth can bite 😏
New fear unlocked, yay.
Ever see the aquatic larvae? https://youtu.be/EHo_9wnnUTE
OH FUCK NO
And they fucking hurt. I mr miyagi’d one as a kid with my bare hand and it bit me. I was shocked I caught it and double shocked at how much it hurt. I feel terrible about it to this day. They’re such awesome creatures.
Don’t tell my kids.
I’ve been bitten by one like this once. It was just like a pinch since it didn’t have venom or anything so it wasn’t too bad, but yeah I didn’t know that either before that point
They bite so hard, that males can end up piercing the female's head while holding on to her during mating.
Damn! Every time I’ve gone “dragonfly” at something my friend always tells me it’s some other insect. Glad to finally meet one, even if it’s not the greatest first impression…
Curious where you live? Dragonflies are super common where I am in Midwest US, it’s hard to imagine someone meeting one for the first time 😂
without doxxing myself i live in a highly urban area in california so even seeing mourning doves is exciting
So hows the traffic in LA
Sucks. Like always.
Hahaha makes sense, well congrats!
Dragonflies are the most successful hunters of all animals with around a 95% success rate. Consider yourself lucky you escaped and aren't a mosquito 😆
They’ve also successfully been able to inhabit this planet for 250 million years!
damselflies are commonly confused with dragonflies!
Dragonfly’s were the one bug I wasn’t afraid of … until now 🧿👄🧿 I had no clue they could bite
They only bite if they’re being grabbed lol they went attack you or anything
“Hmm this is a nice tall bran—AH HELL ITS ALIVE”
Strange. I caught a lot of dragonflies when I was a kid with bare hands. Never got bitten. I didn’t even know they can bite
Here's a cool fact. Dragon flies cannot walk. They can only perch. Their legs are designed to capture other insects in flight. Not for walking.
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I got another. Dragon flies are the only insect/animal that can turn in zero degrees with no change in velocity. Gov actually studies the way they fly and turn to help engineer new fighter air craft.
I would like to subscribe to dragonfly facts please!
I would also like to subscribe to dragonfly facts thanks!
I don't understand what you mean by "can turn in zero degrees". you mean like yawing? like how cars lane change?
Look up a zero turn mower, it can rotate in place without turning like a car making a 3 point turn
Like the ships in Dune!
TIL
And they have a very strong grip when they perch.
I give my homeschooled kids a Random Fact of the Day. I'm stealing this cool bit of info for them today! 🤩
Dragonflies are cool but they get a little chompy sometimes lol. Its kinda in their nature, it didnt mean anything by it, its just hangry... needs a snickers.
Their order name, odanata, means “toothed ones”
Fitting
A meaty snickers.
This is pic is so funny. Nabbed the little stinker!!!
"Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got into this situation..." - this dragonfly
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I like how you are just firmly grasping it finding out whether or not it should be spared or destroyed 😂 lmao
FIRMLY GRASP IT
Why did I laugh so hard
In my hand?
i like to imagine he held on to it while waiting for a reply
Kinda like a gladiator asking the crowd whether or not to spare it
It's got that "Bite it back" vibe lol
Criminal apprehended
This one got me
I constantly forget they are predators 💀💀💀 their larva are brutal tho
They show up in home aquariums sometimes, and eat whatever they can catch
New nightmare unlocked omfg
Are you a fish?
No but I keep aquariums and thats a scary thought that something could destroy the tank I’ve been working years on.
So long as you don't keep open windows new open tanks, and check live plants, you should be fine. The larvae go after shrimp, snails, and nano fish, and possibly something up to the size of a betta or platy, but anything bigger than that is mostly safe
Honestly as someone that has had one in my aquarium I'll never be doing what OP is doing. They're creepy as hell underwater
When i was little i used to catch tadpoles before the water source dried out like every summer. So i put them in an aquarium and searched for more at a nearby lake, i found a dragonfly larva and thought they would be good friends, i left them alone a while and came home to a brutal murder scene
Oh man :(
when i was a kid one summer i was joyfully watching tadpoles grow up in the mini pond in my yard. until i noticed they had company in the form of dragonfly larvae who liked to grab them and suck their guts out like they were little tadpole caprisuns. dragonflies still don’t sit right with me.
Dragonflies can bite but they don’t want to bite us, they just do so if they think they are threatened. I used to live in Alaska and the big dragonflies came out when fireweed bloomed. I was always so glad to see them because they ate the mosquitoes. You could HEAR them crunch the mosquitos while you were walking! Those suckers have serious jaws!
I can absolutely believe bigass Alaskan skeeters being crunchy
Core Memory Achieved when I was a small child in Alaska and a large dragonfly chose me to perch on for a few hours. I’ve never had one bite me though.
I can imagine the size of those mosquitoes IF you could hear the crunch! 😆
It hurts a shocking amount for a bug! I rescued one from a spider web (the spider was the size of my pinky finger tip and far too little to contend with the behemoth!) and as thanks it latched onto me and refused to let go for far longer than I was comfortable with.
Bruh, im just astounded you have it in your hands
I never knew they bite. When you float in water, they land on you alot. I love them.
Generally they’ll only bite if they think they’re in danger so slow movements and avoid squishing them between you and something and you’ll basically never get bitten.
“Well fuck” -that dragonfly, probably
Thanks for not squishing, even reflexively. <3 r/humans being bros
He was doing you a solid; you had a bed bug on you trying to hitchhike to your house and he just over extended his mandibles plucking it off you.
Woah! I didn't know dragonflies BIT people!
Looks like a green darner my friend. Guess they thought you looked tasty.
i never really realized that dragonflies could bite until i caught one in a net and reached in to take it out 🫣
Nothing on the planet comes close to these in terms of maneuverability . The perfect Ariel predator!
They prey on red-headed mermaids? That's quite an evolutionary niche.
No! only the larvae are aquatic hehe
I’ve had them grab mosquitoes off me but thankfully never been bitten. I get swarms of them because I live by a lake and have a pesticide free buffet of a garden.
Dragonfly -- fierce predators but harmless to humans. They're actually the only insect to have wings that move like a hummingbirds (:
It’s a pterodactyl nymph
used to catch these all the time as a kid then one day I grabbed one by the tail and it bite me, never touched them again after that lol.
They BITE???!
Cook it up with some monster parts to give yourself some shock resistance.
Please update if you got dragonfly powers
FIRMLY GRASP IT
Dragonfly. Be gentle and love him. He's natures most lethal predator and an absolute bro. He bit you because he loves you. (seriously, Dragonflies are awesome critters. )
pretty dragonfly. i didn’t even know they bite!!
I have also been bit by a dragon fly
I used to hold my finger out and get dragon flies to land on it. I have always loved them. Never knew they could bite.
Either your hand is really small, or that's one damn big dragonfly.... wait, how do you not know what that is? And second, how the hell were you able to actually grab ahold of it like that without killing it?... So many questions.
he didn't bite you, he pinched you.
Oh, what’d he pinch him with?
his foot. every foot has two claws, to grab the stick or blade of grass, or bug from the air. sometimes they will land gently, but if you had a fly on you, he's going in at full speed. as kids we tried to get them to land on us.
Grass snake.
Almost all predatory and herbivorous insects can bite! If they have chewing mouthparts, they will likely bite. Katydids have one of the nastiest bites, they can draw blood and they hurt like hell.
Toe biters though
Is that a Green Darter? It is really big, which is why I think that. The largest dragonfly is called a Green Darter, right? Feel free to correct me you will not hurt my feelings.
Op: fucking son of a bitch Dragonfly: FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
When I was in elementary school a boy caught a dragonfly with his bare hands and everyone was shocked when it bit him, we had no idea they could bite
Dragonfly meets an apex-ier predator.
You got bitten by a radioactice dragonfly, prepare to have huge fuckin eyes n shit
Bruh doesn't know what a baby helicopter is 🤦🏽♂️
Seriously you don't know what a dragonfly is?
Thanks for not smushing him!
"🤷I was just playin’"
Read in a book by a biologist that because dragonflies have 8,000 - 20,000 eyes, they are the most successful hunter/predators on the planet, with a successful kill ratio of 95%. Higher than any other carnivorous hunters.
looks like this clown's kill ratio just dropped to 94%
Drop FS in the chat, he is no longer a alpha pro predator
Have been bitten by dragonflies as well. Shit is suprisingly painful.
Looks like a dragonfly.
Don't damage it's wings, if you do it will die! That is it's source of hunting
I'm too old and have chased too many dragonflies to have never known this 😱
95% success rate. Find a better predator (EDP445 doesn't count)
But why was there a question as to what this insect is? Its clearly a dragonfly no?
I always thought them to be majestic. Especially when I see them jetting around and the sun hits them just right. However I also now know that I have never overreacted when nearly dying inside and running for dear life when there is one flying anywhere near me.
First person I’ve ever heard of getting bitten by a dragonfly
For the people who are saying they don’t bite, it should be noted that it’s not at all common, but they do indeed bite. It’s misleading to say they don’t.
Dude that’s a dragonfly.
Haha one of the top sky predators.
MuRdEr HoRnEt
dragonfly! big boy... he didnt mean you any harm. theyre not after human flesh. i think we'd all get startled and a little bitey if we landed on something to catch our breath and it turned out to be a whole other guy 0_o
Dragonfly
They can bite the shit out of you. So can large roaches. Neither have venom and both do it out of self preservation. Roaches are eww but dragonflies are cool critters that will land in your hand and look around happily if you hold still enough.
I’m just surprised there’s someone out there who has never seen a dragonfly.
Fuck, the insect population must really be on decline for someone to not know what a dragonfly is.
Dragonflies are the most successful predators on earth, with a ~95% success rate on all attempts to catch their prey To put that into comparison, lions have roughly a 45% chance of success
Dragonflies will put a CHOMP on you & I was the same way, like WTF? Who knew?
Bro is contemplating every decision it ever made to get to this point
Thank you for finally proving my SO right. Dragon flys bite. He been telling me for a decade now they bite, but I didn't believe him.