What's up with all the dragonflies?

[jh225]

What is the deal with all the dragonflies this year? Millions of them for the past couple of weeks. Never seen this many, so it's a little weird.

[TNWNGR]

Hmm???Sound's like the fish are having a field day then.

[Raoul]

Alien invasion.

[Monkeyman2500]

We have quite a few especially by the pond, but nothing crazy.

[maroonandwhite]

I haven't seen any at my house. I'm sure there are some but they haven't caught my attention. May be that the wasps are just keeping my attention.

[xsubsailor]

 It must just be a West Tennessee thing. I have thousands of them up here in Tipton County.

[tercel89]

I just saw two of them doing the "humpty bumpty" while flying by me. Other than that , we just have a load of June Bugs and Cicadas flying around Northern Middle Tn .

[Gun Smith]

Dragonflies eat skeeters.   The more the merrier!!!   

[EssOne]

Haven't seen nary a one over here in the Tri Cities.

[peejman]

Dragonflies eat skeeters. The more the merrier!!!

Yep!

[Sam1]

They're microdrones.  First they fly around and record your habits, next thing you know, you've been classified as an untrainable and the MRAPS will be showing up soon to shuffle you off to the FEMA death camps.

[krunchnik]

I have seen quite a few this year near Memphis also-but there seems to be a lot of those red hornets everywhere near my house.

[NRA]

just a couple of miles south from yall, but last week I saw more in one day than I have seen in my whole life

[Clod Stomper]

Seems to be a plethora of all kinds of bugs this summer. Wasps, slugs, spiders. Dragonflies. I've even seen Japanese beetles. I haven't seen those in years.

Oddly, but fortunately, I have yet to see the first yellow jacket. It's an odd year. Nature can be funny sometimes.

[jh225]

Some pretty funny replies. :pleased:

 

Crazy how there are folks who have none, and other's like myself have a zillion. I have a stock pond, but they are all over, not just near the pond. Freakin' crazy how many there are. Just like with the stupid cicada's a month ago.

[felinesNfreedom]

I have noticed more dragonflies at the River by my house than last year. The river is full of Hydrilla and the Bass love to try and eat them off the mats, makes for great Frog fishing. 

[jh225]

Seems to be a plethora of all kinds of bugs this summer. Wasps, slugs, spiders. Dragonflies. I've even seen Japanese beetles. I haven't seen those in years.

Oddly, but fortunately, I have yet to see the first yellow jacket. It's an odd year. Nature can be funny sometimes.

 

Didn't even think about the Japanese beetles. Went through 5 bags filled up.

 

I think the insect apocalypse is here. :ugh:

[Sidewinder]

I have noticed more dragonflies at the River by my house than last year. The river is full of Hydrilla and the Bass love to try and eat them off the mats, makes for great Frog fishing.

What river would that be XxthejuicexX? I live in the B'oro also. Would love to get in on some of that bass fishing. Are you talking about the Stones River?

[TnShooter83]

Plenty here in East Tennessee. Seem to like resting on my fishing line while fishing.

[felinesNfreedom]

What river would that be XxthejuicexX? I live in the B'oro also. Would love to get in on some of that bass fishing. Are you talking about the Stones River?

 

 

It's the stones, just a very small section that has the grass in it. I have never found it anywhere else.

[felinesNfreedom]

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[JAB]

Not just west TN.  I have noticed a larger number of them than usual this year, as well.  Not so much in the city but out in the rural area on the Roane/Loudon County line where I live.  I normally see them mostly around bodies of water when fishing with only a few elsewhere but this year I have seen several in my yard and other places not right around the water.  Not an inordinate number but certainly more than I normally see.  Some of them have also been noticeably larger than I normally see, as well.  I guess conditions were just 'right' for them this year.  On the way home the other day, on one of the back roads I drive getting there, I noticed a really big one flying alongside my truck for quite a distance (hmmmm - maybe they really are robotic drones!)

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[Randall53]

I wish I had a couple of thousand of those mosquiter eaters in my yard!!!

[bersaguy]

I think ya'll are talking about Willowflies and not dragonflies. They are everywhere that has water anywhere nearby. They actually come every year but as the water in many areas have became cleaner it has caused an increase in the amount of Williowflies in many areas also. Every state along the Mississippi River said that are having record amounts of them this year from Minnesota to Mississippi. We are also having an abundent crop of Cicada's this year in many areas. Who ever said the fish are happy hit it on the head. Fish love Willowflies and Cicada's............................... :up:   

[peejman]

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Nice!

 

 

I think ya'll are talking about Willowflies and not dragonflies. They are everywhere that has water anywhere nearby. They actually come every year but as the water in many areas have became cleaner it has caused an increase in the amount of Williowflies in many areas also. Every state along the Mississippi River said that are having record amounts of them this year from Minnesota to Mississippi. We are also having an abundent crop of Cicada's this year in many areas. Who ever said the fish are happy hit it on the head. Fish love Willowflies and Cicada's............................... :up:   

 

 

We always called them may flies.... 

 

Willow/May fly

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dragon fly

 

 

 

 

 

Dragon flies come in every color of the rainbow, have huge eyes, and they have 2 pairs of wings.