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RE: A Dragonfly with Impending Tragedy

in #life6 years ago

A dragonfly is a creepy crawly having a place with the request Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek ἄνισος anisos, "unequal" and πτερόν pteron, "wing", on the grounds that the hindwing is more extensive than the forewing). Grown-up dragonflies are described by substantial, multifaceted eyes, two sets of solid, straightforward wings, now and again with shaded patches, and a lengthened body. Dragonflies can be mixed up for the related gathering, damselflies (Zygoptera), which are comparative in structure, however normally lighter in fabricate; be that as it may, the wings of most dragonflies are held level and far from the body, while damselflies hold the wings collapsed very still, along or over the mid-region. Dragonflies are deft fliers, while damselflies have a weaker, fluttery flight. Numerous dragonflies have splendid luminous or metallic hues delivered by basic hue, making them prominent in flight. A grown-up dragonfly's compound eyes have about 24,000 ommatidia each.