Dragonfly Adult Stage

Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata

Common Name: Dragonfly

Scientific Name: Anisoptera

Dragonfly Description

Dragonfly's are 1 to 4 inches long. Dragonfly's are long and heavy bodied insects. Their eyes are normally very close and they even touch each other. They have 4 very strong wings that can make the dragonfly hoover in the air.

Dragonfly's Diet

Dragonflies eat mosquitos, midgets, and flies. They sometimes eat butterflies, moths, and smaller dragonflies.

Where Do They Live

Dragonflies live near water, but they are very strong flyers so the are sometimes found very far from rivers, ponds, and swamps. Some dragonflies even migrate.

Interesting Facts

Dragonflies wings beat 30 times per minute, while bee's wings beat 300 times per minute and mosquito's wings beat 600 times per minute.

The extinct, bigger dragonflies had a wingspan of 30 inches.

Dragonflies can fly up to 35 miles per hour, but they don't normally go that fast. Only very strong flyers can fly that fast.