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To: Diana in Wisconsin; Augie
Dragonflies = mosquitoes predators! Hellgramites for your stream or pond!

Dick Smith's Live Bait (In Delafield!)

Dragonflies! Also fun to watch!

170 posted on 07/06/2025 2:22:18 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

I’m looking forward to the Dragonflies and the Brown Bats feasting on them in the coming evenings. I think the Barn Swallows eat them, too? They always follow me around when I’m mowing and kicking up bugs.

We don’t have any standing water anywhere near the house. Beau is a FANATIC about that. I’m pretty sure they’re using puddles, or that there’s so many of them that they’re all the way up here from the Pecatonica River. My rain barrel is emptied on a regular basis and I float a few drops of oil on top of that, just in case.

We’ve never seen a hatch like this!


172 posted on 07/06/2025 2:41:11 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

As a kid, my dad would catch hellgramites to use as bass bait - said they were ‘the best’.


174 posted on 07/06/2025 4:26:52 PM PDT by Qiviut (Imagine waking up in the morning & only having the things you thanked God for yesterday. (S. Peters))
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Reminiscing about strawberries? To link to the June Garden Thread click below!

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179 posted on 07/06/2025 5:28:12 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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