Which do you think eats more destructive insects, a frog or a dragonfly?
In the war between frogs and dragonflies, for which do we cheer?
You should read Natalie Angier’s entire piece about dragonflies from yesterday’s New York Times, of course. But first, you should watch the video above, by Andrew Mountcastle, which accompanies the piece. You should watch it again and again and again.
More:
- Angier on dragonflies (whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com)
- Dragonflies, Nature’s Deadly Drone, but Prettier – NYTimes.com (richarddawkins.net)
- That’s a dangerous game! Dragonfly lands on nose of hungry frog but avoids becoming its dinner (thisismoney.co.uk)
- Natalie Angier Strikes Again (raxacollective.wordpress.com)
- Becoming a Dragonfly (lyricsonthelake.wordpress.com)
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That’s cool. Here in Dallas, a congregation of dragonflies often occurs over dry ground — usually indicative that the fire ants are swarming. The dragonflies eat the budding queens when they rise up.
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In wet years, probably not this one, dragonflies dance every afternoon in August among the trees outside the window where I write. It’s magically uplifting.
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