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

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  @TheMillennialGardener · 3 years ago · pinned

  If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊 TIMESTAMPS for convenience:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kx2im0ceCc">0:00</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; My Backyard Mosquito Problem<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kx2im0ceCc&amp;t=95">1:35</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; Incredible Dragonfly Facts<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kx2im0ceCc&amp;t=204">3:24</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; Tip #1: Dragonfly Perches<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kx2im0ceCc&amp;t=318">5:18</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; Tip #2: Ecosystem Biodiversity<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kx2im0ceCc&amp;t=509">8:29</a> &nbsp; &nbsp; Tip #3: Maintaining The Population<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kx2im0ceCc&amp;t=739">12:19</a> &nbsp; Adventures With Dale

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  @kristinagarrett1827 · 2 years ago

  Shortly after my mom died I was in my pool &nbsp;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&apos;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.

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  @fondasarff9701 · 2 years ago

  They will communicate too. I was harvesting carrots into a water filled bucket when I discovered a lovely little red dragon fly with it&apos;s wings swamped in the water. He couldn&apos;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 &quot;you&apos;re welcome&quot; and he went on his way. I&apos;ll never forget the encounter.

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  @StormyDay · 2 years ago (edited)

  I have a wonderful dragonfly story. I was about 18 and standing outside my boyfriend’s apartment building in Northwestern Queens, NY. A few boys were tormenting a dragonfly that was on its back and couldn’t get up. I shooed them away and helped the dragonfly up by gently placing a leaf under its body and flipping it over. It immediately flew away, but to my surprise — it came back, hovered about 18” in front of only me and facing me, gently, slowly bowed to me in what could only described as a bow of sincere thanks and flew away. I will never forget that zen experience and ever since, I have always loved and had an affinity for dragonflies and treat all living things with respect. All lives are valid. ❤

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  @danielmacgibbon1589 · 3 years ago

  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!

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  @chapter4444 · 3 years ago

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

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  @dontsqueakthecat · 2 years ago

  I had a foster daughter that was Doritos for the mosquito&apos;s. I swear she was their favorite snack food. So along comes June and the Dragonflies start flying around my yard as they do every year. <br>She was sitting out there wearing my straw cowboy hat and petting the dog one day and there were 20 Dragonflies making a killing. Literally. They were landing on the hat and the tree&apos;s around her. I dubbed her the Dragonfly queen.

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  @chezLynn · 2 years ago

  Dragonflies &apos;scary?!&apos; Fell asleep in the long grass next to a &apos;pot hole&apos; 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&apos;t scared, but sad that they&apos;d taken off before I could check them out. I took it as an extreme honor that they&apos;d rested on me : )

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  @AyahuascaSage · 3 years ago

  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!

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  @ctcryptid · 1 year ago

  petting a dragonfly is now on my bucket list

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  @privatecaller1418 · 3 years ago

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

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  @andrewjohnson2770 · 1 year ago

  You helped us attract dragonflies and literally we have no mosquitoes now. Thank you so much 😊

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