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A Dragonfly Insect belongs to the suborder Anisoptera, and to the Odonata order. It is small and fragile in appearance but is considered as a voracious predator. Researches on dragonfly reveal that they are one of the most effective, brutal hunters in the whole animal kingdom. A dragonfly larva is evolved from the hatched egg….

There are lots of fun and interesting facts about dragonflies. Some facts about dragonflies are scientifically proven facts and some are actually myths about dragonflies that have been around for as long as hundreds of years. Can you tell the difference between the myths and the facts about dragonflies? Randy Jones Having discovered a fondness…

Randy Jones Having discovered a fondness for insects while pursuing her degree in Biology, Randi Jones was quite bugged to know that people usually dismissed these little creatures as “creepy-crawlies”. READ MORE:  Do Dragonflies Bite?

Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:      Arthropoda Class:          Insecta Order:        Odonata Suborder:   Anisoptera Insects are actually arthropods that belong to the Insecta class. The adult stage of an insect is characterized by a segmented body of three parts, namely the head, abdomen, and thorax. They also possess a hard exoskeleton and 6 joined legs. This group…

A dragonfly has a life span of more than a year, but very little of that life is actually as an adult dragonfly. There are three stages of the dragonfly life cycle, the egg, the nymph, and the adult dragonfly. Most of the dragonfly life cycle is lived out in the nymph stage and you…

Scientific Classification Kingdom:   Animalia Phylum:      Arthropoda Class:          Insecta Order:        Odonata Suborder:   Anisoptera Family:       Aeshnidae Genus:        Anax Species:      A. Junius Binomial name: Anax Junius The Common Green Darner, biologically known as Anax Junius is a dragonfly species that resembles a darning needle. It belongs to the Aeshnidae family. In North America, this species is one of…