What's with all the dragon files??!1?

Question

For the last several days, swarming all aound my house and in fields about a mile or so areound my house I'm see thousands of dragonf flies!!

Is it mating season for them or did they just pick my neighborhood for their annual family reunion?!

Answer 1

Wow, that sounds like something I would love to see!  I have seen butterflies do this but not dragonflies!  

Dragonfly Migration

http://www.hsrl.rutgers.edu/BOB/migrant/...

Why do Dragonflies sometimes appear in large swarms?

Several species of dragonfly are known to collect in large swarms. In most cases this appears to be due to very favorable feeding conditions in the area. It may also be a "courting" group with males actively searching for females. This is less likely as males are much more aggressive to each other when looking for a mate.

Some dragonflies gather in swarms before moving to a new area (like a bird migration). The reasons for this are unclear but may be due to population pressures. There are records from the US of migratory swarms.

http://www.eduwebs.org/bugs/dragonfly.ht...