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Article: Chasing the its damsels dragon with and nymphs.(Features)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2003
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Byline: Stuart Wilkinson
MOST of us, I'm sure, have seen dragonflies - not to be confused with daddy long-legs or crane flies which they only vaguely resemble.
Dragonflies have a long body with two pairs of wings - daddy-long-legs have only one pair of wings. Very large eyes enable the dragonfly to spot its insect prey from quite a distance, scooping the prey up with its legs which are spiky to enable the dragonfly to hold the prey securely.
There are two distinctive groups - the Anisoptera or true dragonflies,and the Zygoptera or damselflies.
Anisoptera Dragonflies are again divided into two further groups,namely Hawkers and Darters. ...