- To celebrate #InsectAdvent looking back to Dragonfly season, the balmy days of, er, last week. A ridiculously late record of 19th December on Brownsea Island! @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @georgemcgavin.bsky.social
- What!?!
- Not even a UK record - apparently there was one in Kent on Boxing Day last year!! Santa brought me some dragonfly books 🙏Would be interesting to know what the Hobbies took, think I remember seeing Golden Ringed on the webcam?Dec 27, 2025 18:20
- Short answer is it depends on what is predominant in the locale BUT the interesting thing is they are selective, just hawker types/sizes...no darters/chasers or smaller.
- You think they're taking the smaller stuff but only making the effort to bring bigger prey all the way back to the nest?
- ? Can't say, don't know....yet! They do eat smaller stuff but might be programmed to bring bigger items to the nest. Having said that one nest bringing in a lot of Oak Eggars moths. Might be an equation of eàse of catching Vs reward
