there was a dragonfly trying to run into the windows at my work that got caught in a spider web in the process and it bit me when I was trying to save it >:(
googled to see if it was a bite or a sting and yep! the bloody bastard bit me, how rude.
Dragonflies do bite, and they will bite humans, but only if you catch one and it’s trying to escape or defend itself. And only the largest dragonflies will be able to break your skin anyway.
DYK dragonflies spend 50 to 80% of their lives as larvae swimming in water.
Where they eat mosquito larvae. Real MVPs there.
Dragonflies live their entire lives full of violence from birth to death. They don’t care about plants, and are constantly killing and eating other bugs and avoiding/getting eaten by all larger predators at every stage of their lives. They also eat hundreds of mosquitoes once airborne. It’s unfortunate that OP got bitten, but they’re absolutely incredible hunters that are on our side.
I used to live in Edmonton AB. And you could tell when the Dragon flies came out because the mosquito population would drop overnight.
They are gonna be drone sized this year.
They’re also possibly the most efficient hunter on the planet, capturing 95-97% of the prey they go after
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_success