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Bookmark or Share- Dragonflies - Facts, Information & Pictures - Animal CornerA dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order ‘Odonata’. Dragonflies are are not actually a fly even though they both have six legs and three body parts, head, thorax and abdomen. The main difference between them is that flies only have two wings whereas dragonflies have four wings. Dragonflies are sometimes confused with Damselflies.
- 14 Fun Facts About Dragonflies - Smithsonian Magazine1 ) Dragonflies were some of the first winged insects to evolve, some 300 million years ago. Modern dragonflies have wingspans of only two to five inches, but fossil dragonflies have been found...
- Dragonflies, facts and photos - National GeographicWhat is a dragonfly? Whether delicately perched on a cattail or hovering over a pond, dragonflies are a sure sign of summer. Living on every continent but Antarctica, these insects are instantly...
- Dragonfly | Description, Anatomy, Habitat, Life Cycle, & Factsdragonfly, (suborder Anisoptera), any of a group of roughly 3,000 species of aerial predatory insects most commonly found near freshwater habitats throughout most of the world. Damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are sometimes also called dragonflies in that both are odonates (order Odonata ).
- Dragonfly - WikipediaA 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 dragonfly populations around the world.
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