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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)

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.