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Most
dragonflies are skinny, have large wings and are brilliantly
colored. Dragonflies are the most skilled fliers in
the insect world they're also among the most ancient.
The largest of the ancient Dragonflies had a wingspan
of 75 cm or 2 1/2 feet. Dragonflies have two life stages.
The first life stage is the aquatic life stage, or larval
form, and most of a dragonflies lifespan is spent in
this form. As in its adult lifestage, the dragonfly
is also predatory in it's aquatic lifestage. It eats
other bugs and maybe an immature fish fry. But don't
worry, they won't bite humans their mouthparts are too
small. As a group, they are probably the most recognized
insects behind butterflies. For this reason dragonflies
are known by many common names, some of the more interesting
ones include: mosquito hawks, devils darning needles,
snake doctors, snake-tails, biddies, club-tails, darners,
skimmers and emeralds.
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