![]() The wings are transparent with very thin black seam stripes.Ī broad-bodied chaser owes its name to the shape of its body. Another green species is the green hawker, 65 to 75 millimeters long, with a green thorax and a blotchy abdomen. The abdomen of the green gomphid is yellow in contrast to the blue or green body of the emperor dragonfly. The green club-tailed dragonfly is also a green species of a somewhat smaller size, about 5 to 5.5 centimeters. The wings are transparent with a light brown glow. The thorax of the emperor dragonfly is green, the abdomen of the male is blue with a black stripe, and of the female is green. The length of this animal is between 64 and 84 millimeters. This species is mainly found throughout Africa, most of Europe, and south-west and central Asia. The emperor dragonfly or blue emperor is a large species, but very rare in the United States and Canada. When they age they take on a light gray glow. They have black legs and a red body, in the wing there is a yellow spot that is smaller in one species than in the other. These species are about four centimeters in size. There are several types of red dragonflies, the ruddy darter, common darter, and vagrant darter for example. You can encounter them in June, July, and August near still or slightly flowing shallow water. Blue dragonflyĪ kind of blue dragonfly is the azure damselfly. In the US and Canada alone you can find about 450 different species of dragonflies. The dragonfly feeds on all kinds of flying insects, such as mosquitoes, flies, moths, and sometimes other dragonflies. The larvae themselves are a tasty snack for fish, amphibians, water beetles, water bugs, water birds, and so on. In the stage when the dragonfly is still a larva, they feed on small water creatures, such as daphnia and very small fish. In general, the life span of the adult dragonfly is one or several weeks to a few months. The dragonflies take care of reproduction and lay new eggs. After this, it takes a few hours before it is well dried and formed. The larvae crawl to a place outside the water and the dragonfly comes out of the larvae. The moment the larvae become a dragonfly is called hatching. The process from larvae to adult dragonflies can take between 5 months and 5 years, this varies per species. The larvae of the Dragonflies molt from larvae to adult dragonflies. The larvae then molt 9 to 17 times, depending on the species. This larvae move to the water, where they find their food. ![]() When the eggs hatch, a prolarvae appears. Dragonfly life cycleĭragonflies lay their eggs in or near the water, this can go with hundreds to thousands at a time. This makes them the fastest flying insects. They can reach speeds of up to 60 Km per hour. ![]() The larger Dragonflies can also fly a lot faster than the damselflies. In general, dragonflies are larger than damselflies. Dragonflies have larger eyes than damselflies, which touch at the center of the head. The damselflies hold their wings loosely back at rest. During rest, the dragonfly folds the wings up or down the abdomen. Dragonflies are the more common of the two and both share many of the same physical characteristics and behaviors. Damselfly vs Dragonflyĭragonflies (ordonata) are divided into two groups, damselflies (Zygoptera) and ‘true’ dragonflies (anisoptera). So it is a myth that dragonflies will bite or sting. Only with the larger species of dragonflies, this could result in a cut in your skin. Only when you catch them and hold your finger to the jaw will they make a snapping motion as a reflex. But with most dragonflies, these jaws are too weak to bite through human skin. They do have jaws with which they chew their food, mostly insects. There are over 450 different species found throughout the US and Canada.Ī dragonfly cannot sting or bite. Dragonflies love places with a large amount of water, fens, rivers, and streams. ![]()
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