A single adult dragonfly can eat anywhere from 30 to hundreds of mosquitoes in a single day. And not just that, but their ...

The mating ritual of the moorland hawker dragonfly—common around the ponds ... Predatory cichlid: At least two species of this fish may lure prey by sinking to the bottom of a river or lake ...

In less than half the time it takes a human eye to blink, a dragonfly calculates the coordinates of where its prey is headed and gets there in time to snatch it up. Neuroscientist Frances Chance, GSAS ...

Their enhanced visual field and ability to detect movement help insects avoid predators and catch their prey. These sections come from an area on the top of the dragonfly’s eye called the functional ...

The dragonfly is believed to have already been lost from these ... which can be flipped forward to trap prey on stiff bristles. Adult dragonflies spend much of their brief life feeding while in flight ...

"Factors such as the use of pesticides (reducing their flying insect prey), water pollution and habitat loss continue to threaten the health of dragonfly populations within species' existing ...