Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like there are a lot more dragonflies this year. I’m being dive bombed at home and at work. Fewer pesticides? Better breeding conditions this year versus last year? I suppose I don’t care, as long as they are beautiful.
Is anyone else noticing the same thing?
Hi Eva; I found you, of all things, on Paul Levy's blog about the feral tomatoes in Boston! I used to live in NVa. and recently moved to Annapolis, and we have an unusual # of dragonflies too. I am wondering if it's all the moisture last year – have to look up dragonfly life cycle, hmmm…
Well, thanks to Paul you now have another reader!
So funny, we were jus talking about the dragonflies. We were visiting friends in Maine and watching the dragonflies over their field- it was unbelievable how many there were. They said it has been like that all year!
Things are definitely different this year. Nasturtiums that thrived last year never grew this year, although planted in the same place. Yes, I have noticed a few dragonflies around my house this summer, but have never see them here before.
I'm not seeing too many dragonflies here in Fairfax, but there were a lot more fireflies than in the past. Although they seem to have gone down a lot since July.