Dragonflies were the first flying insects around 300 million years ago. Click here to know the interesting facts about dragonflies.

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Top 10 interesting facts about dragonflies
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Dragonflies were the first flying insects that had existed around 300 million years ago.
Now current dragonflies’ wingspans are only two to five inches, but fossil dragonflies had
wingspans of up to two feet. They exist in every continent except Antarctica, because they
live in moderate, hot, and terrestrial sites. They mostly start their life in water. There are
more than 5,000 species are existing on this planet. They have belonged to the order of
Odonata, which means “toothed one” in Greek. There are many more interesting facts
about dragonflies.
It has been estimated that dragonflies are older like dinosaurs. In Japanese culture, these
are the symbol of courage, strength, and happiness. According to European folklore,
they’re sinister.
10: Dragonfly Nymphs Live in the Water
Have you observed that dragonflies always around ponds and lakes? They’re aquatic
creatures. Mostly they start their life on the water that’s why female dragonflies deposit
their eggs on the surface of the water. Sometimes they insert these eggs into aquatic
plants or moss. Once their eggs hatched, the nymph dragonfly spends its time hunting
other aquatic invertebrates.
09: Excellent Vision

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One of the interesting facts about dragonflies that compare to other insects, they have
remarkable keen vision that helps them detect the movement of other flying critters and
avoid in-flight smashes. They have two huge compound eyes, which provides dragonfly
nearly 360° vision and can see a wider range of colors than human beings. You know it’s
every complex eye that has 28,000 lenses or ommatidia and, a dragonfly uses about 80%
of its brain to process all of the visual information which it receives.
08: Master flyer
Dragonflies are known as master flyers which can move its all wings independently.
Interesting facts that dragonflies can flap each wing up and down, and rotate their wings
frontward and backward on any axis easily. They can change their direction to straight up
or downward, it can fly backward, stop and float, easily at a slow or fast speed.
Additionally, they can fly ahead at a speed of 100 per second.
07: Some Dragonflies Migrate
Besides their fastest speed, several species have acknowledged migrating either alone or
in a group. Like other migratory creatures, dragonflies move to follow or discover
required resources or in response to ecological changes such as approaching cold weather.
Green darners fly to the south in each falling season in huge groups and then migrate
north again in the spring season. Rainy season helps in replenishing their breeding sites,
the globe skimmer—one of several species that’s known to spawn in temporary freshwater
pools. Interestingly, they set a new insect world record while tripping between India and
Africa.
06: Life span of dragonflies
It has been estimated that the life span of dragonflies comprises two stages. Female
dragonflies lay her eggs on water or nearby. Their lifestyle begins with the hatched eggs in
the first stage. During this stage, aquatic larvae are called a nymph. One of the interesting
facts that dragonflies’ stage will generally last between one and three years.
05: Predators of dragonflies
The main predators of dragonflies are pest-consuming birds, toads, giant spiders, and
different species of fish. Adult dragonflies use their quickness to escape from predators
who are pursuing them and will also hide in vegetation if it is too cold for them to fly.
04: Huge stingers
One of the interesting facts that dragonflies have huge stingers. And some people have
allergic to its sting and can die because of it.
03: Fastest insect in the world

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These are known as the fastest flying insects in the world. They can reach high flying
speeds of over 48 kilometers per hour.
02: Consumption of dragonflies
Dragonflies had consumed in Japan and China as a medicine. Even Indonesian taking it
in their diet.
01: Male Dragonflies Fight for Territory
Competition for females is fierce, leading male dragonflies to aggressively fend off other
suitors. In some classes, males claim and protect a region against interference from other
males. Skimmers, club tails, and petal tails scout out prime egg-laying areas around
ponds. A challenger should fly into his preferred environment for the defend the male will
do all he can to chase away the match. Other kinds of dragonflies don’t defend particular
regions but still act aggressively toward other males that cross their flight paths or dare to
meet their perches.