taxonomy, evolutionary history, ecology, distribution, morphological characteristics, behavioral characteristics, reproduction, and conservation. Also has pictures and 9 sources Odonata: The Dragonfly The dragonfly is an insect of the order Odonata, which translates into "toothed jaws" and also includes the damselfly. Odonata are an order of aquatic predatory insects. There are currently about 6500 extant species Members of this order are usually large predatory insects that hunt by sight and have chewing mouthparts and four membranous, veined wings. …showed first 75 words of 2550 total…

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