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The Specimen
Gomphidae Dragonfly Nymph
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View 3 PicturesRegion: Upper Midwest
Collected Jan 13, 2004
Added Jan 25, 2006
The Discussion
| Davisbugg | March 24th, 2007, 6:03 pm | |
| Posts: 1 | my daughter and i found one of these in the river. she is very cerious can you tellme what they eat or if it will turn into some other bugplease tell me wat we need to do. thanks, davisbugg | |
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| Martinlf | March 25th, 2007, 11:11 am | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 907 | The entomologists here will know more about what it eats, but I believe dragonfly nymphs are carnivorous, and eat other water creatures. To see what it will turn into, use the Google search function at http://www.google.com and search dragonfly insect. I believe you will get pictures of the adult. | |
| Louis Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? A trout! that is more sharp-sighted than any hawk . . . and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled merlin is bold! --Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler | ||
| DMM | March 25th, 2007, 12:50 pm | |
| Posts: 141 | Dragonflies are fierce predators. They do, as Louis points out, eat other invertebrates. They eat everything from chironomid midge larvae, to damselfly nymphs, and even small fish. In lakes where fish are absent, dragonflies are often the apex predator. To get a picture of the adult, do a search for "clubtails" (if you found a dragonfly nymph like the one pictured). This is the common name of the gomphid family due to the enlarged, club-like, distal portion of the abdomen (of the adult). | |
| David | ||
| Martinlf | March 26th, 2007, 3:02 pm | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 907 | Thanks, David. I did the "clubtail" search and learned a bit more about these bugs. | |
| Louis Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? A trout! that is more sharp-sighted than any hawk . . . and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled merlin is bold! --Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler | ||
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