Dragonflies

Smaller insects, flying or nonflying. They're aerial predators, very fast and agile and with amazing eyesight (which you can also tell by its huge eyes and small antennae). They're entirely carnivorous, technically the birds of prey of the insect world.

the female dragonfly will sometimes submerge herself while laying her eggs. the male may just find a plase and die. the female dragonfly will sometimes submerge herself while laying her eggs. the male may just find a plase and die.

In Japan they are called tatsu, they've been called a drive of dragons or a flight of dragons (when flying), or a wing of dragons (when fighting), or a clan of dragons or finally, and my favorite, a rage of dragons!

A nymph.

Here is a short list, it does not by any means include all meanings or all birds.Bird Auspices

Blackbird: A message of blessings.

Bluebird: Happiness.

Corncrake: A warning of misfortune to come.

Crane: Independence, cessation of combat .

Crow: Divine law.

Curlew: Storm Bringer.

Dove: Luck in Love. Love, Peace & Gentleness.

Duck: Good Luck. Wealth.

Eagle: Divine Spirit. To see an eagle is to have divinity touch your life.

Flamingo: Awareness.

Goose: Faithfulness, Communication, Travel

Grouse: Sacred Spiral.

Gull: Adaptability.

Hawk: Messenger. If you see a hawk, look around, there is a message for you in what is also going on around you.

Hen: Domesticity. Hens also predict the weather; if they gather on a mound and preen their feathers, rain is on the way. Also if it starts to rain watch your hens if the huddle under shelter, the rain will be of short duration, if they go out into it, the rain will last most of the day.

Heron, blue: Rhythm and balance

Hummingbird: Joy, Miricals

Kingfisher: Predicts a magical experience.

Lark: Great happiness

Loon: Solitude.

Magpie: Fortune-teller.

Nightjar: Illness.

Ostrich: Fickleness.

Owl: Wisdom.

Parrot: Mimic, Ostentatiousness

Peacock: Pride, Vanity

Pelican: Watchfulness.

Penguin: Playfulness.

Pheasant: Confidence

Raven: Magic. When you see ravens you may be about to experience a change in consciousness.

Road-runner: Cleverness.

Robin: Gypsies see robins as a bringer of good luck.

Rook: Good Luck.

Rooster: Pride. Braggart

Stork: Its German name adebar means "luck bringer", and a stock perching on your house indicates very good fortune.

Sparrow: Good luck for lovers.

Swallow: Good fortune.

Swan: Grace.

Turkey: Give away. Amerinds see turkey as a sign of generosity.

Vulture: Poverty, Serious disruption in your life.

Wagtail: Good luck.

Woodpecker: Guardian.

Wren: Bringer of good luck

a lizardfly

Gills, flipperlike appendages to swim, and a 'mask', basically a facial pincer it uses to capture prey like small fish and bring to the mouth.

The dragonfly has adapted to the environment by evolving unique eyes that allow it to hunt very efficiently. They also have a smaller body size than their ancestors which allows the to fly faster and hunt less to support themselves.

There are several Families of dragonflies. If you are looking for the commonly used general classification name for them, the Order name for dragonflies and damselflies is Odonata. The Suborder for dragonflies is Anisoptera. Odonata Central (http://www.odonatacentral.org) has lots of photos and classification information if you are looking for the Family name for a particular type of dragonfly.

The dragonfly's weight is similar to that of a butterfly, around 0.0001 ounce (0.003 grams) for the smallest, to 0.1 ounce (3 grams) for the largest.

Well no, not really.

When it begins to rain a dragon fly takes immediate cover as its wings are very delicate and can crunch up. Once it has found a shelter it will make it wings vibrate so that the water droplets will slide off.

So overall the answer is basically no, it can't.

more than 117 species of dragonflies have been identified- over 184 if you include the damselflies, the members of the smaller suborder Zygoptera.
The fast flying insect the dragonfly has 5680 different species of dragonfly. And there are undoubtedly more that have not yet been discovered by scientists.

Insects typically have six or eight legs. Their legs are usually attached to the thorax, or center portion, of the insect's body.

Dragonflies generally capture insects on-the-fly. You may see dragonflies flying or waiting on a branch or cattail. When an unsuspecting insect comes flying along, they either launch toward the pray, or swoop in from above. This happens very fast. Dragonflies capture an insect by forming a sort of net with its legs. As they approach, they net the insect by coming in faster than the insect is flying, they fly very slightly higher than the insect, thus allowing the insect to slip into the net formed by its legs. They then eat the insect alive. Now, I do not know for sure if dragonflies actually pursue bees specifically, but if they do, this is the method used.

Yes but not for long as it would be in a lot of pain.

According to Dr. Karen Oberhauser who has studied the female Monarch Butterfly the average female lays about 700, laying one at a time, but this varies year to year due to climate.

---- the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

You might try spraying a very fine mist on it with a mister. I would not use tap water in it, however. Filtered water might be okay, or water from a tea kettle that has been brought to a boil and allowed to cool off completely, or bottled spring water. I doubt it would do any good, but I think it is the best chance you might have.

If you erase this question completely, I think it will show up again as a new question, and someone else is more likely to comment.

The largest Dragonfly in the world is a Damselfly from Costa Rica with a wingspan of 19.1 cm or 7.52 ins and a body length of 12 cm or 4.72 ins. The smallest is probably Agriocnemis naia from Burma with a wingspan of just 1.76 cm or .69 ins. See Related Link below

You mean THEIR wings. I suggest learning English before trying your hand at biology

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Dragonflies are ancient insects. They have been around before the dinosaur's! Some people found a fossil of a dragonflies wing in a coal mine in England. They said it is 3oo million years old!!
Dragonflies have been living since 300 million years ago. Back then, they had a wingspan of 29''!
They've been around for 300 million years, They were here before the dinosaurs!

Sort of. The "tail" of a dragonfly is no analogous to the tail of a vertebrate. Rather than being an extension of the spine (which a dragonfly does not have), this"tail" is actually the abdomen containing large portions of the insect's digestive and respiratory systems as well as the genitalia.

Yes...they do.