Species, age and gender play roles in the size of a dragonfly.
Dragonfly is Tutubi in the Tagalog dialect. In other Filipino dialects other than Tagalog it is called differently. A big dragonfly (Tutubi) is called Tutubing kalabaw and the small dragonfly is called Tutubing karayum.
as big as a mans hand
A dragonfly cannot sting, but they have a mouth and can bite small things (not you).
No, dragonfly larvae are not herbivores as they eat other species' larvae or tadpoles.
the larva of a dragonfly is called a nymph, It also lives in water, the dragonfly lives over a pond to catch small bugs.
No. Dragonflies are carnivorous, they eat small insects. Because they catch them in the basket formed by their legs as they are flying, they eat small flying insects like flies, mosquitoes and gnats. They might occasionally eat a bee if the dragonfly is big enough. Some praying mantises occasionally fly but they would usually be too big for a dragonfly.
A dragonfly larva eats tadpoles, fish, and other small animals it can find that can fit in its mouth.
They live in small streams or ponds.
Butterfly have big wings and they are colorful. Dragonfly have skinny body and skinny wings. Dragonfly's body is more colorful
Around about 1-4 inches in length.
because it was afraid of the Big Chopper?
Yes!They eat small fish.