Dragonfly

Dragonflies are divided into 2 distinct sub-orders, Zygoptera or Damselflies, Anisoptera or Dragonflies.

Metamorphosis. This is another word for transformation and, in the insect world, it is applied to the changes that take place during the lifetime of a single individual. During the development of some insects there is virtually no change in form (except for size) from the moment of hatching out of the egg, to the fully mature adult.

Dragonflies are among the most ancient of living creatures. Fossil records, clearly recognisable as the forefathers of our present day odonates, go back to Carboniferous times which means that the insects were flying more than 300 million years ago, predating dinosaurs by over 100 million years and birds by some 150 million.

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