Things you need to know about DRAGONFLIES!

Dragonflies evolved before the first mammals and even before the dinosaurs, but what has allowed them to exist for so long, pretty much unchanged?

Find out all about the dragonfly in this short fact-file, from what they eat, to how fast they can fly and lots of other interesting dragonfly facts!
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   • Emperor (dragonfly) hangs on branch 🔴  
   • Mating wheel Ruddy Darter 🔴  
   • Banded demoiselle Calopteryx splenden...  
   • Common blue damselfly Enallagma cyath...  
   • Brown Hawker Dragonfly at RSPB Fowlme...  
   • Blaugrüne Mosaiklibelle - Aeshna cyan...  
   • Parende paardenbijters  
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   • Broad-bodied Chaser egg laying  
   • Ruddy Darter rests on flower 🔴  
   • Wildlife - Emperor Dragonfly eating a...  
   • Common Darter Dragonflies egg laying  
   • Perched male common darter  
   • Vážka žíhaná – Common darter (Sympetr...  
   • Ruddy Darter full of dewdrops 🔴  
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   • Gemeine Heidelibelle  (Sympetrum vulg...  
   • Emperor Dragonfly put eggs 🔴  
   • Larva of the Great Emperor Dragonfly ...  
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   • Vagrant Darter moves mouth parts 🔴  
   • Emperor Dragonfly larva hunt mosquito...  
   • Hatching of dragonfly  
   • Larva of the Emperor (dragonfly) 🔴  
   • Dragonfly emerges  
   • Larva of the Emperor (dragonfly) in f...  
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   • Dragonfly in ultra slow motion  
   • Ruddy Darter on branch 🔴  
   • Ruddy Darter hangs on aar 🔴  
   • Ruddy Darter rests on inflorescence 🔴  
   • Female Southern Hawker ovipositing  
   • Broad bodied Chaser ovipositing  
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