Releasing the Dragonfly from the Biodiverse Ecosphere

In this video we take a look at the very biodiverse ecosphere. The dragonfly larva (Aeshna cyanea) is released. It ate a lot of the other animals in the closed ecosystem, and in the future we will see if the populations of the preyed upon animals will restore. The black flatworms (Dugesia lugubris) are doing very well and are breeding.
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Double Amen!

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And unleashed the dragon(fly)

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Return of the king!

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The jar bender

[@kathrynvanwaart]

I had no idea dragonflies lived that long, let alone live that long as a larva

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then look up cicadas and be mindblown

[@sptlght9548]

larval stage of many insects live way longer than the adult actually

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2:14 the sniff test will always be one of the most scientific measurements, right behind comparing something to the universal scale, the banana

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The smell of wastewater etc. can be a telltale sing of a lot of thing and are actual scientific measures in such fields.

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[@DIEnymite01]

Jeez this whole time i thought you were a 40ish year old dude, but now all i can think is, "Oh no, he's hot!"

[@tacos394]

ikr!!😂😥

[@kylebezden]

I literally said this out loud and went to the comments to look for anyone else

[@saulemaroussault6343]

I saw this comment before seeing him and was like « mh, how handsome can he be ? » and then I saw him. Super cute. (But the very cool content is why I’m here anyway)

[@humanperson9480]

@@saulemaroussault6343 idk, find it alittle weird saying that about someone online, it would make me feel unforgettable...But yeah, he’s kinda cute lol

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SAMEEE! he's very good looking!

[@starcasm8674]

I’m so proud of him for getting his own mansion

[@silversmith333]

My boy made it out the hood 🤧

[@modedealer8155]

not really a mansion its an appartment in the "hood"

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He’s moving up in the world :)

[@arthic2589]

@@modedealer8155 its a minimalistic mansion in a vertical growing hood

[@trueblueflare]

That moment when being an absolute menace to society lands you in paradise.

[@ongkhuongduy3498]

So from the perspective of everything in that ecosphere, the dragonfly was raptured by the god and moved to another plane.

[@mental_breakdance7227]

Haha, pretty neat perspective. We really are a weird and curious species

[@thea_kober]

"The gods have freed us from the giant beast, all hail the Giant Hand!" -some copepods, probably

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>I released a dragonfly lava in my own home You're a madman. But a sexy madman.

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Young and handsome ❤

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2021: Life in Jars discovers that dragon flies can be domesticated and trained. Nobody leaves their house without one anymore

[@nunyabiznes33]

I used to have dragonflies on lease when I was a kid.

[@jazberrybear]

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@@LifeinJars what are your thoughts on a giant closed ecosystem? like the size of a terrarium? would that work? is it possible to have differing geography in a terrarium, like an area of dry land and an area of water? any advice apreciated.

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@@bleddynwolf8463 the bigger an ecosystem is the less likely it's gonna crash when something happens (e.g. death of a big organisms etc) so a normal terrarium sized ecosphere should be thriving under normal circumstances. Also a variety of land and water parts ensure more biodiversity which in most cases also increases the chance of its survival. Haven't tried it out yet since it's winter here currently and that's not the best time for diversity in a pond, so I'd recommend for you to try it out in spring once he temperatures are rising (if you're a beginner with such things)

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Quite a coincidence indeed

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I’d honestly love to see more aquarium ecosystems. Larger ecosystems would be cool

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Aquarium ecosystems are very interesting. I make videos about mine, you can check my channel if you want!

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Just made my first ecosphere after watching your videos and So far I’ve found Lots of Copepods and at least 4 Maylfy nymphs!

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I have two of those guys in my jar! It was super cool seeing them up close, they always dart into the dirt when they see me getting too good of a look

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Thank you for another great video! This spring I went out and made a few ecospheres, and one of them has a dragonfly nymph! Ours are at about the same stage as yours and this video cleared a lot up! Thanks again!

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The king of ecospheres is back! Thanks for the new upload and I hope you and your loved ones have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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You too!

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Thank you very much!

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Thank you! It's going really well so far!

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I missed your videos dude! Merry Christmas!

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Oh! I was expecting you to release him into the wild, honestly kinda glad to be able to watch the progression further :) great vid, can’t wait for more.

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He'd probably die if released into the wild

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Merry Christmas

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Thank you Marina! Kisses from the Netherlands!

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vrolijk kerstfeest! it's a pleasure to see you again:) it was a long time :)

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I have a larva in mine too, it even ate the snails, what a jerk :O

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breaking news in the aquarium hobby

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Welcome back. We missed you. Merry Christmas!

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I missed you guys as well

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good to see u back! hope you have or had a good christmas!

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You too!

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Thanks!

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zero dislikes. thats what i like to see

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9 dislikes are from wild caught Daphnia and Cyclops.

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10 people: are you sure about that?

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this is SO awesome. I love your videos.

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Oh wow! :O Happy holidays to the dragonfly!

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I really needed this

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Super interesting. Cause, effect, and solution. Hoping your little larva survived in the wild... Such a cute little creature and I never knew they lived so long in the larva stage.

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Glad to hear that your hand is gonna grow even more

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Very cool young man, thanks for sharing 🐛🦀

[@justRICHTOFEN]

That dragonfly was so op that the literal hand of god had to physically remove him XD

[@glenny7862]

Underrated comment

Those little worms dancing in the floor... I wonder what music their listening to! Very interesting video, thanks for the update!

[@intoishun2556]

love this stuff so much.

if you allow me, i wanted to launch a challenge! create daphnia in a jar, show how long they survive.

[@ultimateninjaboi]

Gotta say. Sometimes you really do just need to make executive decisions like this. It sucks to have to say that it wasnt sealed permanently from the beginning, sure. But this whole dragonfly situation and experience is part of the ecospheres story, now. And it serves as a learning experience for others looking to try this stuff.

[@LifeinJars]

Well said!

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that thing couldve got twice as big,, good call and im happy to see you back merry christmas!

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8:50 Vibing

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Hell yeah my dude!! Dragonflies are sick af :)

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Time to wish you a Merry Christmas and thank you for a fascinating year of videos 🎅🎄🎁⛄😁👍

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I love the background music fits the video

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This music fits really well. I could probably just leave your videos on autoplay.

[@luna_w01f]

Hey, around the 4:50 mark, that larvae you put in with the dragon fly nymph looked like a damslefly larvae/nymph, if it is they're just as "active" as the dragonfly nymphs when it comes to food, you may need to fish them out at some point too if you want to keep the biosphere population diverse.

[@gmalamat1393]

I mean, a complete lack of predators would make things less balanced and interesting, so I'm glad there are at least some predators there

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@@gmalamat1393 True that!

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Christmas day, a new video is uploaded to the 'life in jars?' channel, the jazzy tones put me at ease in an instant, life ain't that bad.

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8:43 dancing wiggly worms :D

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Merry Christmas 🎅

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Merry Christmas guys

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To this day I still have no idea why you were recommended to me but I sure am glad you were!

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I hope the dragonfly has a good xmas

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Merry Christmas LIJ

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Thanks you too :)

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I really like that jar. Where did you get it from? Merry christmas to you all

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Merry Christmas

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I have to make one of these now you and other ecosphere makers have inspired me to do so .It will join my woodlouse colonies ☺

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That worm got the move👍🏻

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Amazing ☺️

[@mariamendoza2847]

Your videos inspired me to make my own ecospheres. I have 4 large ones and out of the 4 only 1 has failed.

[@andersschmich8600]

Your channel has inspired me to start me own Jarrarium. I'm going to begin pretty simple, just by removing rocks, a few small plants and water from my Firebellied Toad Paludarium and putting them all in a jar. I've seen snails, copepods and tiny worms in there before, but have never gotten a good look at them.

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Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas!

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It has been so long since I've found myself watching one of your videos I missed it.

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Really coooll!

[@dielmanmandielman315]

Happy holidays first of all! I've been looking at your channel for quite a while now and plan to commence my first ecosphere soon. I was wondering though; if you lack flora from the environment you take from originally , what is your next step? Do you consider plants generally used in aquaria/non-aquatic plants/...?

[@elainedean124]

Dragonfly after getting taken from jar: 👁👄👁

[@SpeakerFluidStudios]

I also accidentally caught a dragonfly larvae when I made my second ecosphere. Unfortunately it died in a couple of days :( There was a lot more plants in this jar then in my first one, but all died as well :P Good news is that some snails are still alive and 2 different types of little plants started to grow again, after most of them disappeared. It was about 5 months ago when I closed the jar with pretty diverse lifeforms. Guess the snails won :) I wonder how long they're going to last. Go snails, go!