Hordes of Dragonflies Are Showing Up On Cleveland Doppler Radar

The lapping shores of Lake Erie are a big bug hot spot, and this week it seems that dragonflies have taken over, even showing up on Cleveland-area Doppler radar (as these types of swarms are wont to do).

While we are not biological experts, we have determined (through input from our followers) that it's most likely dragonflies mixed with other insects/birds! https://t.co/5MeJXj37zq
— NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) September 10, 2019

This year already the Cleveland area has been inundated with midges and mayflies, and now it’s dragonfly time. Thankfully, the flying insects are not harmful to humans.

Yesterday, swarms of the bugs were seen annoying people trying to cool off from the end-of-summer temperatures by the beach in Rocky River. It remains unclear how long the dragonflies will stick around.

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This article appears in Sep 11-17, 2019.

One reply on “Hordes of Dragonflies Are Showing Up On Cleveland Doppler Radar”

Frank Jenkins says:

September 11, 2019 at 11:58 am

It’s worth mentioning also in the story that, while they “…annoyed people trying to cool off from the end-of-summer temperatures by the beach in Rocky River….” there’s this fun fact “They particularly delight in (eating) mosquitoes (30-100+ per day per dragonfly…”