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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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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How did you go about breeding them?

[–] Fourth@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I actually just left the tank outside with the right conditions for them. I'm monitor them periodically and make sure it was well enough stocked with tadpoles and they basically just handle it for themselves. Essentially I was a facilitator not a mastermind.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'll have to give this a go next year. I've got some good riparian habitat near me that's pretty degraded and the swamp milkweed seeds I've been collecting really attract them to the originating habitat. It'd be nice to grow that ecosystem.

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

Big time hell yeah. That sounds great.