2006-09-27 23:07:14 · 5 answers · asked by ♥ Kazbaz ♥ 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
No way. Dragonflies can't sting, as they don't have any device to sting with. They do have pretty large jaws however, but they need those to crunch the insects they prey on. They don't suck blood and they don't bite people. Only if you catch them and hold your finger right against their mandibles, they will start chewing. That mostly doesn't even hurt and it takes a large dragonfly ages to get through your skin. And even if they succeed, you only get what I call mechanical damage: no poisoning or something like that. Sometimes I receive mail from people claiming to have been bitten by a dragonfly. They say it's like a wasp's sting. Then I tell them politely that it probably WAS a wasp stinging them; not a dragonfly.
2006-09-27 23:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by Noble 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i've been nipped by a dragonfly a few times, but it was when they thought their life was in danger. i would rescue them from a solarium on the front of a building where i worked because they'd get inside then try to fly up to get out and end up baking to death. it doesn't break the skin, it's just a quick nip, and there are no toxins involved to make for itches or rashes.
i love it when the dragonflies show up to helicopter around my yard... it means they are keeping down the mosquitos and black flies!
2006-09-28 07:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by velvt_wi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing in danger from dragonflies are mosquitoes. I loved catching them and holding them as a child. These mild insects would sit on my hand for a minute while I studied their colors. Never once hurt me.
2006-09-28 06:17:01 · answer #3 · answered by Theresa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they bite and it hurts!
2006-09-29 04:20:57 · answer #4 · answered by Loollea 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no they don't bite at all
2006-09-28 06:15:44 · answer #5 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋