Hundreds of dragonflies of different species will gather in swarms, either for feeding or migration. Little is known about this often short-lived behavior, but the Dragonfly Swarm Project is ...
Here’s a clue – it looks like a dragonfly! Insects were the first animals that could fly. These dragonfly-like insects lived 300 million years ago. They had an enormous, 71-centimetre wingspan – ...
If you’ve ever watched a dragonfly zig and zag over a pond in search of dinner, you know how fast these gauzy-winged insects can move. In less than half the time it takes a human eye to blink, a ...
Iain H Leach Black darter: With a home in upland bogs, this species is in decline Dragonflies are fast-flying, four-winged insects with long bodies and large eyes. They were some of the first ...
Chennai: Researchers spotted a large-sized adult antlion, palpares contrarius, that resembles a dragonfly for the first time in Tamil ... placed horizontally, to fly whereas antlions fly with ...