| Assisting dragonflies - any thoughts?
I spotted two dragonflies at the 'just out of the case with bedraggled wings' stage this morning, and the rain was starting up. So I carefully cut the stalks they were clinging to at the base, popped the stalks in a vase and put them in my greenhouse, near the open door. Now the dragonflies' wings are fully extended and vibrating, so I think it won't be long till they fly (and the rain's stopped now, hooray).
Is it OK to interfere this way, or should I have left them where they were?
Also, what garden birds eat dragonflies? We've had about twenty dragonflies hatch, counting up the exuviae, but haven't really seen any flying round the pond and I've come across two dismembered ones. My husband says I shouldn't be feeding the birds sunflower hearts, peanuts, fat balls and apples because it spells doom for the dragonflies: is he right? |