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Anonymous04/02/26, 18:00No.5113342RESPECT Odonata
>near 100% hunting success rate
>Survived multiple mass extinctions, including the Great Dying; predated and outlived the dinosaurs
>is still one of the most majestic animals, a perfect marriage of form and function
>is one of the only insects that is not only not hated, but widely liked by humanity
This is the ultimate lifeform, perfection as an organism. A masterpiece of evolution.
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Anon04/02/26, 19:05No.5113353
If they're so great why are they so scarce?
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Anon04/03/26, 02:31No.5113450
Dragonflies like to perch on clothes lines.
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Anon04/04/26, 21:05No.5113973
I doubt the hunting rate, I see them hunt some weird flies every year and the flies would fly near the water and do instant drops, making the dragonflies miss or fall into the water.
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Anon04/05/26, 21:23No.5114247
Do the larger one have more brain power? The bigger they are, the harder they're coaxed into landing on your hand :(
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Anon04/05/26, 22:31No.5114275
The only way to attract them is to have a pond, right? a big one?
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Anon04/07/26, 18:42No.5114802
they perch on my fishing rod sometimes
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Anon04/07/26, 20:26No.5114842
>is one of the only insects that is not only not hated, but widely liked by humanity
In Europe, dragonflies have often been seen as sinister. Some English vernacular names, such as "horse-stinger",[38] "devil's darning needle", and "ear cutter", link them with evil or injury.[39] Swedish folklore holds that the devil uses dragonflies to weigh people's souls.[33] The Norwegian name for dragonflies is Øyenstikker ("eye-poker"), and in Portugal, they are sometimes called tira-olhos ("eyes-snatcher"). They are often associated with snakes, as in the Welsh name gwas-y-neidr, "adder's servant".[39] The Southern United States term "snake doctor" refers to a folk belief that dragonflies follow snakes around and stitch them back together if they are injured.[40]
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Anon04/07/26, 21:51No.5114868
Look at this carnivore go
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Anon04/08/26, 06:48No.5114968
I've twice had the privilege of witnessing a swarm of his hundreds of dragonflies feasting on mosquitoes above my pool in the summer. It's the coolest thing I've ever seen.
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Anon04/08/26, 09:57No.5114987
In other news, they learned to walk
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Anon04/10/26, 19:26No.5115572
oh no
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Anon04/18/26, 02:03No.5117128
revived griffin flies when?
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Anon04/21/26, 23:59No.5118099
OP, ever since I learned more about them, and dug deeper into the mechanics of their flight, they became my favorite. I am an aircraft mechanic and have a history with fighter jets. These are incredible creatures. The individual control over their wings combined with their flight intelligence gives them the ability to fly in literally any direction and high speed, stop on a dime, and go the opposite way. Helicopters are a coughing baby in a mud pit comparatively. Their wings are corrugated because their method of kill is to slam into other bugs at crazy speeds then chomp them to bits. The corrugation means they can be folded, slammed, bent any which way and always reform. It also creates air pockets for better aerodynamics. Their eyes wrap up and around their head, allowing for a near full sphere of vision.
They also are found on every continent, in every metallic color, and have been tracked migrating across the atlatic because they fuckin felt like it.
I will never not stop to watch the best hunter on the planet fly by me. I work on an airport, and they are the best pilots around.
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Anon04/28/26, 14:35No.5119943
invertebrates are unstoppable
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Anon05/08/26, 00:31No.5122858
One time I was taking a piss and a dragonfly flew up to me a couple of feet away from my face to show me that it had 2 wasps, one in each hand, and then it flew away. I don't know why, but it seemed like it wanted to show them off.