Dragonfly Pond Design 🦟🦟🦟 Which Design Attracts Dragonflies the Best?

[@dawnlawson7720]

Wow, Im totally impressed with your videos! They are so professional and the photography is so beautiful! Its like watching a PBS show instead of you tube. I cant wait to watch another one!

[@galetimpone1712]

thank you for this educational video. at this time i have set up a small container pond on my patio with a filter to clean the water. I enjoy the sound of the bubbling fountain feature, but the pond needs to be located near an electrical source. You video has given me the option on how to set up a pond out in my garden that is not near any electrical sources. To be able to encourage both wild life and Dragonflies would be an added joy .

[@kenbrown438]

I saw one dragon fly yesterday in our community garden sitting on a tomato stake !!!! There's no pond , but , there is a woody area !!!! Looking forward to seeing more dragon flies !!!! I learned a lot about dragon flies today !!!! Thank you very much !!!!

[@Irishjay-gu5pb]

Great information!!! Thank you!!!

[@OccamsSledgehammer]

6:12 I understand that they’re not attracted to certain plants, but they’re attracted to plants that grow in a certain way. You have to find a type of bog plant, container plants, etc that attracts insects (or at least doesn’t repel them).

[@kingkogs]

I planted swamp milkweeds, buttonbushes, and dwarf chinkapin oaks a few weeks ago, already got some dragonflies. Its a by proxy relationship, attract their food and you attract dragonflies.

[@christiefrenchie6718]

Dido for what Dawn Lawson wrote. My pond was dug 2 years ago and I'm just starting the landscaping. Planting shelves, and natural wildlife is exactly what I want. I have saved all the stones and gravel from developing gardens for years. Now I have something to use them besides tossing them to my bored dog.

[@ChaosChamp32117]

Good information

[@avja4466]

Well done and so I just subscribed! I love all of this about nature and spent a lot of time learning and I continue to learn. Thank you so much! Blessings

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

Great video 👍

[@vemacrinnon9752]

I enjoyed that. Thanks for uploading. I disagree with one point though. I'd advise folk to introduce "Live Daphnia" from a reputable aquarium supplier and when they are settled in and breeding, introduce the tiniest species of Minnow that is native. These are very small and can only harm the nymphs for about a couple of weeks (depending on species and growth rate), then the nymphs become too big and voracious. At which point they will hunt the Minnows. The Minnows will eat a lot more Mosquito and Midge larvae than the Nymphs can. That video makes a really good introduction to Dragon flies. Liked. :)

[@nautilus2612]

Most dragonfly species (damselflies in particular) never surpass the size of minnows and are always at risk of predation when they're present. A pond for dragonflies should have no fish whatsoever

[@charleshetrick3152]

Are there good resources for purchasing dragonfly larva to get a population started?

[@nautilus2612]

Just build a pond and they will come.

[@mstainthor1947]

I second nautilus2612 "Build it and they will come", dragonflies are very mobile, and if they are in the area they will find the pond. In the first year of mine, I had visits and later emergent nymphs/dragonflies. Success Dragonflies are like Hawkeye - "I will find you"

[@barbaraoneill1082]

great info here!!!

[@stevezytveld6585]

I'm so happy I found this video. I've kept a balcony vegetable and herb patch for the past 20 years (zone 5a, Ontario). Over that time we've been repeatedly visited by dragonflies. To the point that next year I'll be putting in a small, planted pot water feature (possibly with those rainbow guppies). The stumbling block I'm hitting - water agitation. I've seen for sale floating bubblers or fountains that are solar powered. Unfortunately we only get about 4 hours of direct sun in the afternoon. Plus, the solar ones are probably too wide for the pot I'm looking at. _Any suggestions?_ - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@Kudeghraw]

I saw a couple dragonflies visit my yard in the past week. I've been seeding a lawn this summer, which is dumb, but I am getting away with it. So yard is always wet. I planted K31 fescue. Its the vivid lime green stuff. It attracts a lot of small bugs and I think that is why the dragonflies are showing up. So I decided to make a perch for some dragonflies and put half a bucket of water in the center. If its a hit then the local birds might have to up their game to keep them under control. Nature's bug zapper is fun, but can get out of hand.

[@rpmgarden2008]

Super video sir..will try please

[@xxpowwowbluexx]

Consider that certain plants attract certain insects. So, those plants may attract dragonflies indirectly. You’ve also made the point in this video that certain plants sticking up out of the water are better for dragonflies than others. So, maybe it’s not such a myth after all.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

Plants attract insects because they get some benefit from them. Dragon flies hunt insects, not plants.

[@Lbff1225]

Can dragonfly larvae survive in moving water? I’m wanting to create a water feature with moving water and a pond combined. Like maybe slow waterfall into the pond or out of the pond or a fountain

[@gabi.a]

5:18 in my country that seems to be a new thing 😆😅I found only one version of it for sale, it's named "biological larvae control" and it uses the BTI bacteria (Bacillus thurigiensis var. israelensis). There is also another product allowed, based on Saccharopolyspora spinosa, but I couldn't find it anywere for sale. thanks for the tip!

[@hvacadvanced3716]

Lots of good information, but at least one inaccuracy: Mosquito hawks are crane flies, completely different than dragonflies. Crane flies are pretty common here in Houston Texas, they can be annoying but they don't bite you like mosquitoes.

[@avja4466]

I'm not trying to sound rude but it may come off as rude. I never heard him say that dragonflies or mosquito Hawks or Crane Flys. He said they were nicked named mosquito Hawks and they are... just a nick name. Although there are families of dragon flys such as the Aeshnidae (hawkers or darners but no where related to mosquito Hawks or Crane flies). Crane Flys look like giant mosquitoes, but they don't bite people or feed on blood. The adults only live for a few days. Along with other insects such as the Crane fly, dragonflies are often nicknamed "mosquito hawks," though they don't do much themselves to keep mosquito populations down. Common nick names for crane flies include: Jimmy spinners Mosquito hawks Mosquito eaters Mosquito nippers Gollywhoppers Gallinippers Also nick named daddy long legs in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, and New Zealand, they are not at all similar to the arachnid that goes by the same name in the United States. But what he explained in the way he did was correct. He simply said, "nicknamed." I hope I haven't offended you. We also grew up calling them mosquito Hawks and Gallinippers. Blessings.

[@hvacadvanced3716]

@@avja4466 Good info, I've only ever heard crane flies called mosquito hawks. I guess the other ones aren't native to my area. Thanks for the clarification and enlightenment

[@kenbrown438]

@@avja4466 : I'm looking forward to seeing my first "golly whopper" !!!!!

[@homehome8983]

Q. Is it sensible having multiple small natural ponds, the size of a large bucket, around a house to act as dragonfly breeding ponds as a perimeter defense to mosquitos and midges? Or are we just increasing the existing mosquito and midge problems around a house zone?

[@kaytarracorrea25]

My husband and I live in Maine and are under contract for a house and there were so many mosquitos we don't want to spray anything cause of our kids but also the wildlife and some bugs are important and need our help. We have 2 acres so we have the room to build a pond

[@TheArmstrongSecond]

Did you ever build it? I'm in Maine and considering a dragonfly pond for the same thing.

[@kaytarracorrea25]

@brentarmstrong130 no we didn't but we have a pond outback that has a TON of frogs! We re did the yard because it was so far gone and we still have work to do we planted native wild flowers and plan to do way more we also have a ton of milkweed but I want to plan the swamp milkweed where the pond is hopefully by planting certain flowers and plants it'll help bring in the dragon flies 🖤

[@avja4466]

It's me again but I just noticed the date on this video but I was hoping someone could get back with me about 2 questions that I have. First q: You should never have algae in the pond? Reason for question: I have been taught that the females will also lay eggs on a mass of floating algae below the surface. So please let me know which is right. Ty Question 2: You should not have any packed mud or such on one side in the inside? Reason for question: I went through a lot of trouble to make a very small one but I packed it in certain areas and made different depths because I thought this would help at all stages of growth. BTW, it's nothing fancy or big nor did I purchase anything to make a couple, I just used what I had around here. I do have lots of dragonflies. Again, Ty.

[@ChaosChamp32117]

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[@Pete.Ty1]

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[@homehome8983]

Q. How long does it take a new natural pond to stabilise, attract and start breeding dragonflies for mosquito control?

[@theelitegamer1980]

the flowers are to attract the other insects that's why different ;-)

[@thefirefenix7194]

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[@asifgetto]

dragon fly doesnt eat bees?

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

They will if they can catch them.

[@CathyluvDave]

Dragonflies kill honey bees too.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

That is OK - honeybees are an invasive species that harms other native bees.

[@michaeldavid6284]

Want to attract dragonflies? Start a mosquito farm.