Common Name: Dragonflies
Scientific Name: Anisoptera
Dragonfly also called darner, devil's
arrow or devil's needle, any of a group of roughly 3000 species of aerial
predatory insects most commonly found near freshwater habitats throughout most
of the world.
Living
on every continent but Antarctica, these insects are instantly recognizable by their large
bodies; four long, horizontal wings; and the way they hover and zip around.
Dragonflies can reach speeds of up to 35 miles
an hour and fly just as gracefully backward by lifting off vertically,
helicopter style. Their compound eyes are so large they nearly touch, and each
one has about 28,000 single eyes, or ommatidia.
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