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Instagram post about dragonflies spreading dangerous misinformation


  1. Crappy instagram post about “plants to attract dragonflies.” For starters, it’s not the plants that are attracting them since they’re not herbivores, it’s the insects they feed on. Also, the article only lists common names, not scientific which can definitely lead to some confusion.

  2. “They eat honeybees” – honeybees are essentially just invasive livestock so I don’t see the problem there.
    “They only live 24 hours” – Since when?? 😂

3/4. Highly invasive and illegal in many states, no shit they establish quickly

  1. That ain’t even an Iris

  2. I had no idea that Asclepias has been taxonomically merged into Rosa now!

  3. Actually that’s a spike rush (Eleocharis sp.) 🤓. Don’t blame them as much for that one though since graminoids are tough…

  4. How do you even get that wrong???? Cattails are pretty characteristic

  5. Somehow they managed out of all the images of lizard’s tail on the web to find a picture of Saururus chinensis, the obscure east Asian species and not the native one 🤦‍♂️

10/11. Insecticide? Really?

  1. Noooo not the nocturnal insect death trap

Anyway this post kinda pissed me off because of how blatantly inaccurate half the stuff was, although there were good native plant recommendations too (with correct photos). Just a reminder to always do your own research on plants before putting them in your garden! Happy planting 😊

by Larix_laricina_

14 Comments

  1. facets-and-rainbows

    Looks AI generated to me, honestly, with the AI forgetting halfway through that it was supposed to be writing about attracting dragonflies and switching gears to mosquito control

  2. SHOWTIME316

    >They also eat honey bees

    ![gif](giphy|9AFs1aHPfkq3K)

  3. astralTacenda

    this is some r/NativePlantCirclejerk material oml

  4. Shoddy-Childhood-511

    Alright what is good for dragonflies? They need water pools like 60+ cm deep, no?

  5. deborah_az

    ~~Blue flags (4) are U.S. natives to their particular region~~

    Edit: sorry, realized when trying to figure out the cattail note OP is numbering their own slides, not using the numbers on the pics in the OOC

  6. potatomania10

    I use bamboo stakes for various applications in my garden and the dragonflies love to perch on them! I’ve seen a dozen sentries at a time waiting for mosquitos and other baddies to fly by for a light snack

  7. No-Cover4993

    Ameren, formerly Union Electric Company, owns Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. After the 55,000 acre reservoir was created in 1931, they needed to replant the new 1,150 miles of shoreline and surrounding clear-cut forests to combat erosion. Two of their main choices were Sericea lespedeza and yellow flag iris. It’s such a disaster… The Ozarks are basically a desert of red cedar and sericea now.

  8. Feralpudel

    We’ve gone from stupid people offering bullshit advice on SM to AI offering bullshit.

  9. The_Poster_Nutbag

    Yeah it’s garbage AI journalism, don’t expect much.

  10. evolutionista

    Most of this is BS as you rightly pointed out, but emergent vegetation is attractive to many species of dragonflies, as they lay their eggs by slitting open the plant and putting them inside. Darners and maybe some other species do this. And even the ones that don’t will use them as hunting perches.

  11. krippy_miyoo

    That sure is a unique variety of swamp rose

  12. Hunter_Wild

    Yellow flags are an iris species lmaooo

    Edit: I had no idea they were invasive that’s crazy. They’re even invasive in my state and I didn’t know. I’ll enjoy my Northern blue flag though.

  14. Fantastic_Piece5869

    i assume the insta post is AI generated BS.

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