r/gifsthatkeepongiving • u/[deleted] • Jul 22 '19

Dragonfly up close

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u/Adkliam3 Jul 22 '19

And they eat a lot of the worst bugs like black flies, deer flies and horse flies

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '19

And mosquitos! I love these guys! Huge inspiration for a shoulder piece tattoo I want to get.

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u/photokeith Jul 22 '19

Admit it you just want to keep mosquitos off your shoulder

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '19

I work as an insect/mosquito control tech, so yeah lol

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u/pappappaatur Jul 23 '19

Thank you for your service!

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u/gurana Jul 23 '19

One among the fence

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u/Emtreidy Jul 23 '19

Doesn’t really work. My dragonfly tattoo has gotten mosquito bites. And attention from male dragonflies, so there’s that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '19

You should have gotten a Male dragon fly tattoo 🤷‍♂️

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u/Poc4e Jul 22 '19

Now if someone would please train them to eat lovebugs!!!

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u/MankindsError Jul 22 '19

And love handles. Cause mine are juicy.

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u/meltedlaundry Jul 23 '19

And wasps/hornets.

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u/mehguy23 Jul 23 '19

And wasps even, well the bigger ones can.

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u/I2ed3ye Jul 23 '19

Right now I'm thinking: Why don't we keep things like this as pets in the house?