Last Sunday as I sat at the edge of a pond, I spotted this dragonfly that had just emerged from its final nymph stage. Dragonfly nymphs can live in water for several months to as long as five years.

Dragonflies spend 90 per cent of their lives as ‘nymphs’, living at the bottom of murky ponds and looking like ghouls that ...

Dragonflies are ancient predators, helpful for humans. They eat mosquitoes and flies. Dragonfly nymphs live in water before becoming adults. They thrive near water bodies. Males guard territories to ...

Another close encounter of the natural kind, reported by Charlotte Bronte-saurus (“Bug Attendant”): “I never thought of them as combatants. They were both between 2 and 3 inches long — giants compared ...

Mosquitoes will have a banner breeding season due to rain-filled bayous and ponds, but so will their mortal enemy - dragonflies. Mosquitoes hatch from eggs laid in water and begin life as larvae, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Since 1976, dragonflies from the Wells Chamber of Commerce have patrolled ...

How many insects can boast their own international organization? That is the case for dragonflies and damselflies, both members of the order Odonata (meaning “toothed” — the dragonfly has serrated ...

Dragonflies are in the Order Odonata. Odon is the Greek word for tooth. Dragonflies don't have true teeth but they do have extremely large, strong mandibles with sharply-pointed tooth-like serrations.

WELLS - Since 1976, dragonflies from the Wells Chamber of Commerce have patrolled the skies in Wells and the surrounding towns as a form of pest control. The program was started as an alternative to ...