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Pretty sure its a damsel fly nymph. They hatch by the thousands in lake when the water reaches a certain temperature, and the fish go nuts over them. They migrate towards shore, and crawl up on dry land to hatch. They're an easy target because they cant swim very fast. Once when they were migrating I collected about 100 of them and fed them to my fish, and they loved them!
 
Thanks Guppy.

It's amazing - the dragonfly looks so beaufiful as an adult, it's hard to believe that it comes from something so ugly.
 
Like guppy said still bad news, I hate things like them, been bit by a dragon flie nimph, hurt to.
 
Unlike dragon fly nymphs that can kill fish at least as big as they are the damsels make good chow for any insect eating fish 3" or longer.
 
I'm guessing mosquito larvae.
 
fisher12889;402531; said:
Pretty sure its a damsel fly nymph. They hatch by the thousands in lake when the water reaches a certain temperature, and the fish go nuts over them. They migrate towards shore, and crawl up on dry land to hatch. They're an easy target because they cant swim very fast. Once when they were migrating I collected about 100 of them and fed them to my fish, and they loved them!

While your trying to put them in, im trying to take them out...Ive seen them take out several snails and I squash them everytime I see one, do these things reproduce in my warm water or once I see damsels flying around my house the infestation is over?
 
They morph into damselflies then take weeks as adults to breed and lay eggs that often overwinter before hatching, they do not breed until the winged form emerges.
 
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