{"id":156101,"date":"2024-06-06T16:40:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=156101"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:40:31","slug":"magical-dragonflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/magical-dragonflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical dragonflies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next time you wonder what pesky mosquitoes are good for, keep in mind that they serve as food for dragonflies, which is why we love dragonflies so much.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragonflies are carnivores, and they feed on mosquitoes, midges, flies, bees, butterflies, and other small insects that they can easily prey on while on the fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Parks Ontario, there are about 7,000 species of dragonflies worldwide, and 130 of them make their home in Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragonflies are part of the family Odonata (meaning \u201ctoothed ones\u201d because they have large toothed mandibles, and according to Parks Ontario, Odonata insects have been around for 325 million years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While most of us see them flying freely around our forest and gardens, but their life journey is spending the majority of their time underwater in the larval stage. Once they find the perfect spot in the water, adult females continuously dip the tip of their abdomens into the water to release the eggs. Once the eggs hatch, the larvae can take anywhere from two to six years before they reach adulthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Parks Ontario, &#8220;during the larval stage, baby dragonflies molt between six and 15 times. To fuel this process, dragonflies subsist on other aquatic invertebrates, larvae and sometimes even tiny fish! They do this with an extendable jaw, which they can shoot out at lightning speed to capture their prey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Not only do they have a unique way of catching food, but their quick movements through water are also unique. Dragonfly larvae have gills that line their rectum and pump water through them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When they need to move quickly, they blast out pressurized water from the end of their gut, propelling them through the water at rapid speeds. They use this tactic both to hunt prey and to avoid becoming dinner for larger predators like fish and frogs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thank you to Huntsville resident Pedro Cuevas Lopez for sharing this photo with us. 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