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Dragonflies eat mosquitos. I happen to like dragonflies. The are one of the non-annoying insects I actually like to have in my (non) backyard. edit: http://w
by robert_nsu 10y ago
Dragonflies eat mosquitos. I happen to like dragonflies. The are one of the non-annoying insects I actually like to have in my (non) backyard.
edit: http://www.chron.com/life/gardening/article/Dragonflies-Mother-Nature-s-mosquito-control-1590949.php http://www.chron.com/life/gardening/article/Dragonflies-Moth...
- lucaspiller 10y agoIn the UK we don't have human-biting mosquitos, yet we still have plenty of dragonflies.
- paulmlewis 10y agoWe have plenty of human biting mosquitos in the UK, I'm quite allergic to some of them.
- mark-r 10y agoWhen I was young, people were encouraged to build homes for Purple Martins, because it was believed that these birds ate a substantial quantity of mosquitos. Later it was discovered that they actually prefer to eat dragonflies. Oops!