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6th dragonfly hatched out of my tank this season (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Fourth@mander.xyz to c/entomology@mander.xyz

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Maybe a meadowhawk?

https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.php?identification=Meadowhawk-Sympetrum

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Were you feeding them or were they just eating what was available to them?

[–] Fourth@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

They were living in my tadpole hatching tank but I scooped a couple out when all the frogs were gone. I put a couple small fish in with them and I assume that they were also eating mosquito larvae at some point.