Dragonfly
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A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate r
Red grasshawk male Phuket 2
Mesurupetala, Late Jurassic (Tithonian), Solnhofen limestone (Germany)
An aggregation of globe skimmers, Pantala flavescens, during their migration
Damselflies, like this Ischnura senegalensis, are slenderer in build than dragonflies, and most hold their wings closed over their bodies.
Odonata
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Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies. The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies usually being bulkier with large compound eyes to
Dragonfly
…A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threatens…
On the wing
Coenagrion puella LC0315
Male blue ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus), a damselfly (Zygoptera: Lestidae)
Dragonfly (top) and damselfly (bottom) wing shape and venation