- Dragonflies are older than dinosaurs and birds.
- There are 5000 species of dragonflies.
- The 30,000-faceted dragonfly eye sees 360 degrees.
- Male dragonflies have two sets of sex organs.
- Nymph dragonflies take three to five years to reach maturity.
- Most of a dragonfly's life is spent underwater.
- The nymph breathes through gills in its rectum.
- The adult stage can last five or six months.
- One 250-million-year-old dragonfly had a wingspan of 28 inches.
- Dragonflies can fly forward 100-body-lengths a second.
- Dragonflies mate in a wheel, and if you're lucky enough to see the mating wheel as I did today, you'll wheel with delight.
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