I have always had dragonflies to lay eggs in my pond.
But this year because of predators I had it netted.
I have seen a lot of dragonflies just hovering above the pond but the net's
holes are to small for them to get to the water. Do you think they will lay
eggs in the veggie filter?
I haven't seen them up there as of yet. I do love watching them and hate to
think they have no access to the pond anymore.

--
Priss
http://priss31.tripod.com/SmallPond.html

Pris wrote Do you think they will lay
eggs in the veggie filter?

I think so if the filter isn't too full of plants so they can get to the
water's surface.
This might be a good time for a container pond!
(so far I've managed to keep myself to six...)


k30a

Priscilla McCullough wrote:

Do you think they will lay
eggs in the veggie filter?

Yes. If they can reach the water they'll lay eggs. Every morning when I
check my skimmer I always have to rescue a couple of nymphs and put them in
the VG. - people are starting to look at me funny.


Joe



-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----

Yes. If they can reach the water they'll lay eggs. Every morning when I
check my skimmer I always have to rescue a couple of nymphs and put them in
the VG. - people are starting to look at me funny.
Joe

Well, Joe, don't talk to the nymphs while you're moving them. I've found
them very telepathic, and even open to sign lanuage. ;o)

Btw, I found a damsel fly nymph trying to works its way thru the egg sack
of tad pole eggs. I scared it off with my un-telepathic hand in the water,
signing, "Get the heck off my frog eggs!" ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

Yawl people aint right. lmho!!!!!

--
Priss
http://priss31.tripod.com/SmallPond.html


"~ jan" wrote in message
...
Yes. If they can reach the water they'll lay eggs. Every morning when I
check my skimmer I always have to rescue a couple of nymphs and put them
in
the VG. - people are starting to look at me funny.
Joe

Well, Joe, don't talk to the nymphs while you're moving them. I've found
them very telepathic, and even open to sign lanuage. ;o)

Btw, I found a damsel fly nymph trying to works its way thru the egg sack
of tad pole eggs. I scared it off with my un-telepathic hand in the water,
signing, "Get the heck off my frog eggs!" ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

Priscilla McCullough wrote:

Yawl people aint right. lmho!!!!!

--
Priss
http://priss31.tripod.com/SmallPond.html


"~ jan" wrote in message
...
Yes. If they can reach the water they'll lay eggs. Every morning when I
check my skimmer I always have to rescue a couple of nymphs and put them
in
the VG. - people are starting to look at me funny.
Joe

Well, Joe, don't talk to the nymphs while you're moving them. I've found
them very telepathic, and even open to sign lanuage. ;o)

Btw, I found a damsel fly nymph trying to works its way thru the egg sack
of tad pole eggs. I scared it off with my un-telepathic hand in the water,
signing, "Get the heck off my frog eggs!" ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website


I'm sure I don't know what you mean.

And stay away from me with that funny looking jacket.


Joe



-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----

My favorite damselfly incident.

I do a lot of netting out of the frog bog in the
summer and find all sorts of neat critters.

I had a damselfly nymph and a blood worm and water in one of my wedgewood white
china dishes (who'da known when I registered for that china what I would use it
for...)
Anyway the damselfly swims up the bloodworm and proceeds to eat it!
Since the damselfly was basically translucent I could see the bloodworm's
progess as it was chomped up by the damselfly. Pretty soon all the bloodworm
was inside the nymph.

(yes, my daughter thinks I'm crazy too... she especially doesn't like jars of
tadpoles on the kitchen table)


k30a

Priscilla McCullough wrote:
I have always had dragonflies to lay eggs in my pond.
But this year because of predators I had it netted.
I have seen a lot of dragonflies just hovering above the pond but the net's
holes are to small for them to get to the water. Do you think they will lay
eggs in the veggie filter?
I haven't seen them up there as of yet. I do love watching them and hate to
think they have no access to the pond anymore.


Hi Priss,
I have found dragonfly larva in my veggie filters and I'm
sure you'll have some in yours by the end of the summer.

--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

K30a wrote:

(yes, my daughter thinks I'm crazy too... she especially doesn't like jars of
tadpoles on the kitchen table)


k30a


There was a time when my daughter would have had the same
opinion as your daughter. Now, she would think it appropriate.
--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/

well, daughters... what do they know! LOL
mad
--
The futu
"something which everyone reaches at a rate of 60 minutes an
hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
Clive Staples Lewis

From: ESPMER (K30a)
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: 18 May 2003 16:23:06 GMT
Subject: Dragonflies


My favorite damselfly incident.

I do a lot of netting out of the frog bog in the
summer and find all sorts of neat critters.

I had a damselfly nymph and a blood worm and water in one of my wedgewood
white
china dishes (who'da known when I registered for that china what I would use
it
for...)
Anyway the damselfly swims up the bloodworm and proceeds to eat it!
Since the damselfly was basically translucent I could see the bloodworm's
progess as it was chomped up by the damselfly. Pretty soon all the bloodworm
was inside the nymph.

(yes, my daughter thinks I'm crazy too... she especially doesn't like jars of
tadpoles on the kitchen table)


k30a



-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----