YagerManJennsen
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found a dragon fly outside barely moving legs and wings. The legs are curled in towards his head. I dripped some water over his mouth area. Anything else I can do? !!!
That's a possibility but I still want to try and revive it in case that's not what's is happening.I don't think there really is, especially when you don't know what's causing the problem. He may just be dying of old age, as dragonflies don't live that long.
ICU for dragonflies?That's a possibility but I still want to try and revive it in case that's not what's is happening.
I hope so, the abdomen or whatever you call it on a dragonfly is pulsing in and out like its breathing.ICU for dragonflies?
The "Tail" of the dragonfly is the abdomen. Do you mean the thorax? Insects breath through spiracles, not lungs, so the "breathing" you're seeing is likely some other process. I'd have to see a video to know exactly what. The good news is that that means it's alive.I hope so, the abdomen or whatever you call it on a dragonfly is pulsing in and out like its breathing.
You've stumped me there... You'll see contractions like that in the thorax of most insects, and it could be anything from digestive processes, to forcing air over its spiracles. I haven't seen or leanred anything about that type of movement in the abdomen of a dragonfly. Because its tails is curling up though, it's probably dehydrated. You could try feeding it or giving it more water.
Thank you, should I keep it on its back. Right now I have it laying wings side up on a wet paper towel.You've stumped me there... You'll see contractions like that in the thorax of most insects, and it could be anything from digestive processes, to forcing air over its spiracles. I haven't seen or leanred anything about that type of movement in the abdomen of a dragonfly. Because its tails is curling up though, it's probably dehydrated. You could try feeding it or giving it more water.
You could try to right it, though I don't know if there's any advantage to that.Thank you, should I keep it on its back. Right now I have it laying wings side up on a wet paper towel.
Nice I'm still at school, I'm going to give it to our school police officer to take car of while I'm in fourth period. I missed my government class for this dragonfly hopefully it makes it, if not then I skipped class for nothing.I'd just let nature take its course. Dragonflies and butterflies naturally die around this time, when I go to my local creek I watch them land on the beach, drink their last drink of salt/water and die right there.
Interesting. I find dead and dying darners all the time, and I've pinned them with no problems. (Or surprises!)It could also be from parasitic larvae of flies, wasps, and other parasites. I found a big green darner in the front of my house once and it was only just crawling. I brought into the house to prepare it for pinning after being dried, and next thing you know there is a maggot of some sort devouring the darner's abdomen.