Have You Caught a Dragonfly?
@Nakitakona (59987)
Philippines
July 3, 2019 9:41am CST
How many dragonflies could you catch with your two fingers?
This question has prompted me to raise for I happened to see the two Girl Scouts in front of the former school division office.
I stopped for a moment, observing them. They had several times but failed to catch one or two.
Dragonflies have so many eyes and they're quick to respond to a minute movement around them, but they stay put when they're busy sipping dews from the leaves of the plants.
Do you have any technique in doing it without trapping or killing the insects?
Lesson: Catching a dragonfly needs patience and alertness.
image credits to the owner (ctto)
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5452)
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3 Jul 19
Yes, when I was a kid we used to catch dragonflies and fireflies in the evening. I miss the good ol' days. In front of our house in the Philippines was a vacant lot with an abundant shrub. Usually, during afternoons dragonflies and butterflies hover around that area. We, kids in the neighborhood, would play or catch as many dragonflies as we could. Here, in Korea, I can see dragonflies in the soccer field but not as many as I used to see back during the old in the Philippines.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
3 Jul 19
That's a good recollection of the past. It's too nostalgic.
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@velvet53 (24417)
• Palisade, Colorado
7 Jul 19
@Nakitakona I have a post showing a dragonfly. The post is titled Look Who CameTo The Yard Sale.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
8 Jul 19
@velvet53 I see. I try to look for that here.
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@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
28 Jul 19
I have never tried, to catch one, I don't think I would like the way it feels.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
29 Jul 19
@CookieMonster46 When we catch the dragonflies we're not using net. We catch them by our own two bare fingers, the thumb and pointer fingers.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
28 Jul 19
If you could catch one, you'll know how it feels.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
6 Jul 19
@Nakitakona They light up in the dark and creates a blink. You can only see them when they light up. Very cool.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
7 Jul 19
@kareng We call them "ipot-ipot" in our dialect if you're referring to fireflies.
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@rsa101 (40946)
• Philippines
4 Jul 19
@Nakitakona That’s true in the countryside there are still plenty more of this but in the city I seldom see them anymore.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
4 Jul 19
I really miss this insect. I can hardly find it anymore in our place. Probably you said in the farm there are still many of them there.
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@Tonietta (1179)
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4 Jul 19
@Nakitakona it is, nowadays kids are busy with gadgets:)
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
4 Jul 19
It's to nostalgic. Isn't it? I really miss that period of childhood. It's very memorable.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
6 Jul 19
@Kanubanu Experience has told me that kids do enjoy catching butterflies.
You're smart.
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3 Jul 19
I leave insects alone to enjoy their life without being harassed
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
4 Jul 19
It's too challenging fo we never used any net to trap them, but we used our fingers to cstch it by their tail or wings.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
3 Jul 19
Same with us here. But when we're yet kid, there were so many. It seems now that they're endangered.
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