Does anyone else think dragonflies are absolutely disgusting ?

[dragonflyhater]

They're like bird sized insects to me that make me want to gag. Is that just me or does anyone else hate them and see them this way ?

oops, the other pic

They eat mosquitoes. That's enough for me to love them til the end of time

This one's a female Southern Hawker. Gorgeous!

Found another pic!

I love them but am still a bit freaked out at their bodies up close. I came across one in the jungle in Costa Rica that was around 20cm across - had no idea they could get that big!

am now thinking about all the other giant insects I saw out there - I remember cuddling a rhinoceros beetle which was about the size of a rat..

My favourite dragonfly moment, I was the Mother of Dragonflies on this day

Wow, @User952539, that's lovely. Deeply envious!

This was beauty that got stuck in our kitchen last summer - a Golden-ringed Dragonfly I believe. The wings are so intricate!

Beautiful @APurpleSquirrel

Yes I do realise that .

Do you realise that people have likes and dislikes and phobias even that might not be entirely rational? And that regardless of rationality or not, it has no impact at all on the function of the biosphere?

I think dragonflies are beautiful!

They don't bother me , although I wish they'd learn to avoid being caught by my cat !

I have an irrational fear of Ladybirds though

Nope! They’re lovely

This one was newly emerged a few weeks ago. We watched him shed and then fly onto the window to dry his wings

Oh I love them sorry

I love dragonflies, beautiful. In a different way, I am in awe of these

!!WARNING FOR THE INSECT AVERSE!! there is a very large pic of a very (very) small creature as soon as you open (hence link not copied pic)

www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/20/tardigrades-natures-great-survivors

Honestly op they are beautiful. I’m sat at the edge of my pond next to a clump of irises. There five who have crawled up the stems and are about to emerge. One has just emerged. It’s sitting on top of its old empty body drying out it’s wings. It’s double the length of its old body. It really is fascinating watching them

Beautiful creatures as everything is in the world in some form,

The other day we went to one of those charity "Open Gardens". Lovely garden. Smashing afternoon tea. Great fundraiser for their charity. What will I remember for the rest of my life?

The pond.

We and a crowd of visitors stood around the pond, mesmerised, watching ugly-bug monster dragonfly larvae slowly crawl out of the water, up the stems of reeds into the air and sun, and hatch out into glorious aviators. Unfold tiny crumpled wings to expand and dry them. Leaving their previous skeleton empty behind them. Utterly spell binding.

Yes, that's a female Golden-ringed ❤

They are stunning - so are butterflies. There is a butterfly farm near us - it's mostly screaming children, who are scared of the butterflies, so I don't think you are alone OP!

My most horrible insect experience was in a jungle hotel in Sri Lanka - masses of insects everywhere, crawling all over the windows (attracted to the light), giant, thread waisted wasps and huge millipedes/centipedes. Another time, we drove through a spider's web on safari in South Africa and the (massive) spider was on my son's head - I would have screamed my head off if it was on me - but he is terrified of caterpillars, which don't bother me at all.

Can I just loop back to this and say, excuse the fuck me? You what? No. What? No. Pardon. I can't.

Every insect is disgusting to me.

A HUGE orange butterfly flew past the buggy and I started screaming like an actual idiot. I literally left DS in the buggy and ran away😭 I just can’t cope with insects at all.

A couple months ago there was a BEETLE stuck on my buggy. I had to get my neighbour to take it off and I genuinely don’t know what I would have done if she wasn’t indoors

No I love them!

I find your post gross and disgusting to be honest. You might not like butterflies and dragonflies but to call them gross and disgusting is very childish.