Autobiography of a dragonfly
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Dragonflies are flying insects of the order Odonata. There are about 5,300 species of dragonfly. The adults eat other flying insects.
Dragonfly
Temporal range: Jurassic–recent
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Yellow-winged darter
Sympetrum flaveolum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Euarthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Odonata
Suborder:
Epiprocta
Infraorder:
Anisoptera
Selys, 1854
Families
Aeshnoidea
Aeshnidae (hawkers or darners)
Austropetaliidae
Gomphidae (clubtails)
Petaluridae (petaltails)
Cordulegastroidea
Chlorogomphidae
Cordulegastridae (spiketails)
Neopetaliidae
Libelluloidea
Corduliidae (emeralds)$
Libellulidae (skimmers, etc)
Macromiidae (cruisers)
Synthemistidae (tigertails)
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Broad-bodied chaser
Kirby's dropwing (Trithemis kirbyi) in Tsumeb, Namibia
Pair of yellow striped hunters mating
A baby dragonfly
A dragonfly nymph
Flame skimmer
Dragonflies have large compound eyes, which is their main sense organ. They have four strong transparent wings, and a long body.
Dragonflies are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands. They are predators which eat mosquitoes, and other small insects such as flies, bees, ants, and butterflies. Their larvae, known as 'nymphs', are aquatic.[1]
Dragonflies have been around for 300 million years.[2] In the Carboniferous period, some species had wingspans of over 2 ft (61 cm).
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