General News
18 December, 2022
Mozzie munchers dragon tucker
DRAGON flies are swarming above stagnant water pools beside Loddon roads munching on mosquitoes that have taken up residence since the October flood emergency. The largest number of dragonflies has been reported near Durham Ox where they are...
DRAGON flies are swarming above stagnant water pools beside Loddon roads munching on mosquitoes that have taken up residence since the October flood emergency.
The largest number of dragonflies has been reported near Durham Ox where they are competing for space with vehicles travelling local roads.
Dragonflies are natural predators for mosquitoes and an individual dragonfly can eat hundreds of mosquitoes each day. Australian ecologists say dragonflies, damselflies and bats “are the mosquito controllers of the world”.
With heightened awareness of the risk of Japanese encephalitis being spread by mosquitoes since the floods, Loddon Shire and Bendigo Health are running pop-up vaccination clinics in towns across the shire until Christmas Eve. Clinics have been well attended in the past fortnight.