Handfeeding a Dragonfly

Noelia found this injured dragonfly on the riverbank of the Willamette. After a few unsuccessful attempts at feeding it, she found one that worked.

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  Pets & Animals

[jstorly]

Did the dragonfly live?

[Graham Simmons]

Sorry to tell you guys but those lines on his wings are blood vessels that were filled to straighten the wings out, then dried and hardened. His wings will never heal, and he will never fly again. Poor guy ):

[Justinwakeez]

Kind of creepy looking. But it's always good to give a helping hand!

[IAmPinkStars]

awwww it's cute!

[doctorbrainio]

So cute! The song goes perfect with the little om nom guy!

[Voidwielder]

And the poster gets a cute and unusual pet. :)

[obi0peco]

Whats the song?

[Ravallus]

What were painted nails?

[MarsellaFyngold]

Awww! He's all "OM NOM NOM NOM NOM"

D= even though he'll never fly again, at least he won't starve to death. <3

[Mimereader2]

such a cute little thing. LOL

[KBWS]

so dope!

[TheMelvinWei]

Wow, that's a nice video, what species of dragonfly do you think that is? I've never seen anything like that! I have a few dragonfly macro videos as well, my latest one is entited, "Djinn or Scepter?" and I don't what species it is.

Maybe this dragonfly had imperfect ecdysis? When they molt into dragonflies coming out of the streams sometimes the process doesn't go right and the insects will suffer malformations. This is a risk for all insects, and to a greater extent, arthropods.