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
On the wing
Coenagrion puella LC0315
Male blue ringtail (Austrolestes annulosus), a damselfly (Zygoptera: Lestidae)
Dragonfly (top) and damselfly (bottom) wing shape and venation
Insect
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Insects are invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have an exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and
Odonata
…emperor dragonfly in flight Bottom: azure bluet damselfly Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Clade: Dicondylia Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Palaeoptera Superorder: Odonatoptera Order: Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Suborders Epiprocta Epiophlebiidae…
Insects Neoptera Paleoptera Apterygota
Insect: Six legs, three-part body (head, thorax, abdomen), up to two pairs of wings
Spider: eight legs, two-part body
Woodlouse: seven pairs of legs, seven body segments (plus head and tail)