Bit by a dragonfly??

[robbie]

Anyone ever been bit by one. Went to "wetlands" area at my daughters school to see how it was and a dragonfly flew right up and bit me on my right cheek up high. Swelled, stung like a hornet, red, etc. It really hit me hard also. The kids saw it and said dragonfly also. Now this morning swelling is down at initial site but inside by my nose is a bit swelled. Looked up online and they said they don't usually bite.

 

[Mousebaby]

RABID DRAGONFLY

 

[aps45819]

doubt it.
While in the larval stage, they're quite the voracious predator.
Adults eat mosquitoes, maybe one snatched a mosquito while it was biting you.

 

[desertrat]

Anyone ever been bit by one. Went to "wetlands" area at my daughters school to see how it was and a dragonfly flew right up and bit me on my right cheek up high. Swelled, stung like a hornet, red, etc. It really hit me hard also. The kids saw it and said dragonfly also. Now this morning swelling is down at initial site but inside by my nose is a bit swelled. Looked up online and they said they don't usually bite.

That's a new one! You might just be the first.

Biting dragonflies?

Do Dragonflies Bite?

A). "Can you tell me if dragonflies bite?" The answer to this question has three parts:

(i) "Do dragonflies bite?" YES, dragonflies bite, because that's how they capture their food. They have impressive, sharply pointed mandibles that chomp down on the smaller insects they catch.

(ii) "Do dragonflies bite people?" YES, if you catch one and hold it in your hand and carelessly allow its mandibles to reach your skin, it will bite as hard as it can in self defense. Very few dragonflies can even break the skin, but some of the big ones can do so and may induce an "ouch". They're certainly no danger to you, as the biggest dragonfly has a relatively small bite. A word of warning though: if, for some educational reason, you plan to let a dragonfly bite you, make sure you don't suddenly pull back, as you'll probably pull its head off and this is not a good example to present your audience!

(iii) "Do dragonflies bite people spontaneously?" A big resounding NO. A dragonfly would never land on someone and bite.

I think there is some testimony to the contrary.

 

[greyhound]

Maybe a bug, such as a mosquito, landed on his face and the dragonfly was actually trying to get the bug.......

 

[robbie]

I read that too thats why I'm suprised. What are the odds that he flew into my face with a bee in his mouth?? My luck! It did sting like a bumblebee. Still sore this morning. just glad it didn't get one of the kids with me! Even got a little hole where the bite was.
Saddest part, this is at Dr. Brown in Carrington, is that they made this beautiful place and people have gone back there and dumped their trash and fence parts and etc. Not just small trash. Already a bike is tossed into the water. So pretty and big for a school project and already trashed. Doesn't suprise me for the neighborhood though.

 

[SweetThang]

RABID DRAGONFLY

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