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Krista - 01 Sep 2005 07:24 GMT

This summer we'd had a regular visitor to our carport light in the form
of a *huge* dragonfly; this afternoon I found it lying in the driveway,
dead. He was just a shade under 7 inches long (I got a ruler - I was
curious) but always seemed even bigger than that when he was flying
directly at your head. ;-)

He made a huge buzzing clatter with his wings, flying erratically and
banging into the walls and door and ceiling and me. I found him pretty
obnoxious, myself, but Hubie LOVED him. Every time it turned up, Hubie
would stand at the screen door watching this bug and positively
bouncing with excitement; sometimes he'd get so excited he'd have to
back away from the door and run around in circles for a minute or two.

RIP, big bug. I hope you've gone to Dragonfly Heaven; you were
Hubert's favorite show.

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Krista

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PatM - 01 Sep 2005 11:24 GMT

I don't think I've ever seen a dragonfly that big! One night back when
we lived in Calif there was a HUGE moth easily as big as my hand. Kept
waiting for it to come back but never did.

Pat

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Krista - 02 Sep 2005 05:40 GMT

> I don't think I've ever seen a dragonfly that big! One night back when
> we lived in Calif there was a HUGE moth easily as big as my hand. Kept
> waiting for it to come back but never did.
>
> Pat

I'd never seen a dragonfly this big before - we usually have little
blue guys, 3 to 4 inches long. This one was another kind altogether,
with a looong green flexible body. But then I live in the south
Georgia USA swamps, Land of Big Bugs. We have grasshoppers much bigger
than the dragonfly; the giant grasshoppers were my RB Mikey's favorite
toys. ;-)

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Krista

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John F. Eldredge - 02 Sep 2005 23:27 GMT

>> I don't think I've ever seen a dragonfly that big! One night back when
>> we lived in Calif there was a HUGE moth easily as big as my hand. Kept
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>than the dragonfly; the giant grasshoppers were my RB Mikey's favorite
>toys. ;-)

While I was in college, I worked for several years as a factory
security guard. I could always tell if a truck had just gotten back
from Florida or the Gulf Coast, by the number and size of the bugs
splattered on the front of the truck.

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mlbriggs - 01 Sep 2005 22:42 GMT

> This summer we'd had a regular visitor to our carport light in the form of
> a *huge* dragonfly; this afternoon I found it lying in the driveway, dead.
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> ------
> Krista

A couple of days ago, I saw a small dragonfly around my carport. This is
the first I have seen in over 20 years. MLB

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Smokie Darling (Annie) - 02 Sep 2005 00:52 GMT

> This summer we'd had a regular visitor to our carport light in the form
> of a *huge* dragonfly; this afternoon I found it lying in the driveway,
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> ------
> Krista

I adore dragonflies (dragonfly's?). In some cultures, the dragonfly is
a manifestation of the Great Spirit (which is why they have the
multi-colored wings - actually, I know that scientifically it isn't
why, but I like the native version better), watching over you.

We have several little ones around here (a blue one and a red one and a
brown one and one that is greenish).

Smokie Darling (Annie) - he prolly liked Hubie as well, the ones here
like to tease the cats.

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Takayuki - 02 Sep 2005 01:42 GMT

>RIP, big bug. I hope you've gone to Dragonfly Heaven; you were
>Hubert's favorite show.

I enjoyed reading about Hubie's bug friend. How sad to have had found
his body in the driveway. It must have been his favorite place.

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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) - 02 Sep 2005 05:23 GMT

> This summer we'd had a regular visitor to our carport light in the form
> of a *huge* dragonfly; this afternoon I found it lying in the driveway,
> dead. He was just a shade under 7 inches long (I got a ruler - I was
> curious) but always seemed even bigger than that when he was flying
> directly at your head. ;-)

I don't think dragonflies (or most insects, for that matter)
have very long life-spans - seldom more than a season. His
time had probably come.

> He made a huge buzzing clatter with his wings, flying erratically and
> banging into the walls and door and ceiling and me. I found him pretty
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> ------
> Krista

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Gabey8 - 02 Sep 2005 21:56 GMT

[[This summer we'd had a regular visitor to our carport light in the form
of a *huge* dragonfly; this afternoon I found it lying in the driveway,
dead. He was just a shade under 7 inches long (I got a ruler - I was
curious) but always seemed even bigger than that when he was flying
directly at your head. ;-)

He made a huge buzzing clatter with his wings, flying erratically and
banging into the walls and door and ceiling and me. I found him pretty
obnoxious, myself, but Hubie LOVED him. Every time it turned up, Hubie
would stand at the screen door watching this bug and positively
bouncing with excitement; sometimes he'd get so excited he'd have to
back away from the door and run around in circles for a minute or two.

RIP, big bug. I hope you've gone to Dragonfly Heaven; you were
Hubert's favorite show.]]

WOW. I've seen some big dragonflies, but not THAT big! That must've been
some gargantuan critter!

Here's hoping that s/he left behind plenty of progeny that will grow into
suitable Hubie Entertainment. The kitties at the RB will, I'm sure, be
enthralled by their new playmate. ;o)

Donna, Captain, and Stanley (both of whom would probably try to go right
through the glass to play with a bug that large)

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Kreisleriana - 02 Sep 2005 23:04 GMT

>This summer we'd had a regular visitor to our carport light in the form
>of a *huge* dragonfly; this afternoon I found it lying in the driveway,
>dead. He was just a shade under 7 inches long (I got a ruler - I was
>curious) but always seemed even bigger than that when he was flying
>directly at your head. ;-)

Holy Mother-- are you sure it wasn't a pterodactyl? ;)

>He made a huge buzzing clatter with his wings, flying erratically and
>banging into the walls and door and ceiling and me. I found him pretty
>obnoxious, myself, but Hubie LOVED him. Every time it turned up, Hubie
>would stand at the screen door watching this bug and positively
>bouncing with excitement; sometimes he'd get so excited he'd have to
>back away from the door and run around in circles for a minute or two.

LOL. It's so funny when they get so excited that they forget what
they got excited about in the first place.

Theresa
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