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08-10-2009, 06:09 PM
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Dragonflies
Anyone else noticing huge swarms of dragonflies? I saw three swarms tonite on my walk. Each one was easily 40-50 of them. One swarm was in someone's front yard, the others were in the air over the road
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08-10-2009, 06:23 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Aliens?
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08-10-2009, 06:30 PM
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MAYBE BILL 
Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Aliens?
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08-10-2009, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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in the past
I've noticed them in droves
and they were quite aggressive
but since they eat friggan mosquito's
i treat them the same as bats
friends indeed
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08-10-2009, 06:33 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Aliens swarms, shared mentality, scoping out Hopedale
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08-10-2009, 06:42 PM
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Never thought of the skeeters Craig. Bet that's it they're nasty today.
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08-11-2009, 05:12 AM
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Wishin' for fishin'
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Brockton
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I noticed them last evening, along with the swallows, feeding on mosquitoes. Haven't seen any bats yet.
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08-11-2009, 06:27 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striprman
Haven't seen any bats yet.
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There's some virus going around that is killing off the bats in the northeast..... |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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08-11-2009, 06:34 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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been watching them
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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
There's some virus going around that is killing off the bats in the northeast.....
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they have peculiar habits same as fish.....
one night i saw more bats at my house than i have ever seen
it was in the hundreds....way to many to count...
i felt like i was back in new mexico @ carlsbad caverns 
haven't seen that many since... they seem to prefer certain
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08-11-2009, 07:11 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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White Nose Syndrome.....wiping out the bats in the northeast.
http://www.fort.usgs.gov/WNS/ |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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08-11-2009, 07:24 AM
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anyone who wants to see bats come to my shop at dawn
it looked like a scary movie this morning
if you have bats then ma dfw wants to hear from you they are tracking them now.
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08-11-2009, 09:03 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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08-11-2009, 11:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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The more dragonflies mean there must be more for them to eat, meaning skeeters.
Fortuantely, they are only dangerous to insects that are smaller than they are.
At most of the ponds I've fished, the dragonflies are plentiful, and will feed all day long, and when night comes, they are replaced by the bats. Throw in the the daytime bird feeding on bugs, and you've got one heck of a 1-2-3 punch against the skeeters.
I love the color and size variations you encounter with the dragonflies.
It may be linked to the amount of food the get as nymphs/larvae.
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08-25-2009, 04:32 AM
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shoots budy in head
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