A dragonflys life cycle!

Mating usually takes place on the wing and the male will guard the female as she flies along the water surface depositing her eggs. The nymph spend almost their entire life underwater and moult up to 15 times before they are ready to emerge.
When fully mature the final instar crawls out onto overhanging rocks or vegetation where they shed their last nymphal skin and emerge as an adult ready to hunt and mate.

Are dragonflies found in small places?

Dragon flies could be seen in numbers disporting over the surface and on the shore of the large lake, and also perched on convenient places over a small area.

Colours on dragonflies!

The female is a pale yellowish brown. Many dragonflies do not get their final colours for some days, or even weeks, after emerging from the water.For nearly 80 years, the non-iridescent, blue, integumentary structural colours of dragonflies

How long does dragonflies live for?

As an adult, most dragonflies live for only a few weeks. There are some individuals that can last months, and in some cases even migrate ...After transformation and emergence as winged adults, dragonflies main purpose is to find a mate and create the next generation. Those who survive predation, and who do not starve or die because of weather conditions, "can live an average of 6 to 8 weeks" in this aerial phase.

What dragonflies mean in countrys?

There isn't another insect or animal for that matter with more meanings in different cultures than the dragonfly. In Europe they are seen as sinister and know as 'devil's darning needle' and 'ear cutter' and they are linked with evil or injury. In Romanian folktales they were once a horse possessed by the devil and the Swedish say the devil uses dragonflies to weigh people's souls. The Norwegian call them the 'eye poker' and in Portugal they are called 'eye snatcher'. In East Asia, Native Americans think of Dragonflies as more of a positive influence and is associated with the dragon which has a positive image in the East but an evil image in the West.

About the dragonfly body?

A dragonfly has two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most dragonflies are held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. Dragonflies possess six legs (like any other insect), but most of them cannot walk well.

What do dragonflies eat?

Larval dragonflies are aquatic and eat anything small enough for them to catch and hold onto while they grind it into pieces and eat it. This ranges from scuds, tubifex worms, water beetles, mosquito larvae, small fish, mayfly larvae, damselfly larvae, other dragonfly larvae, As adults, dragonflies eat just about anything they can catch while on the wing. Mosquitoes, gnats, flies, flying ants, swarming termites, mayflies, midges, butterflies (even big swallowtails), damselflies, other dragonflies, or just about anything small enough for them to catch.

Are dragonflies related to flies?

Despite there name, dragonflies are not related to common flies. In fact they are a part of an entirely different order of insects. Dragonflies are part of the Odonata order, witch also includes damselflies. Normal flies are called horse flies that u acually find in houses or out side flying around.

How dragonflies are born

When you see two dragonflies flying around in the air attached to one another it is almost always a male and female mating.Dragonflies are not born with wings. They are born in a larvae state and eventually go through a partial metamorphosis process, during which they grow there wings. As babys they eat mosquito larva, tiny fish, etc. Also as they get older they learn how to catch small incects in the sky with there head like a spear.

Species of dragonflies around the world

Dragonflies are gorgeous insects that live in different countries all around the world. I live in Darwin, Northern Territory Australia and find dragonflies flying around everywhere in the Dry Season.
The Emperor dragonfly has the largest wingspan in the british species that measure 10.5 centermiteres.

Dragonflies in Darwin

People say when you see heaps of dragonflies, flying around in the sky that means the dry season is coming in Darwin.

Purple Dragonfly