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This information pack is intended for children 10 years+ and teachers with no prior knowledge of dragonflies and damselflies. It offers practical teaching ideas and activities. It will inform both children and adults of the threats that face dragonflies and damselflies and the consequences of these threats to everyone’s future.
Why Are Dragonflies Important? Dragonflies play an important role in many ecosystems. Their larvae predate other aquatic invertebrates, and are an important food source for animals, like amphibians. As adults, Dragonflies eat other flying insects, but are prey for birds, such as Hobby.
They undergo between six and 15 molts before emerging as fully formed adult dragonflies, a process that takes about 12 hours. Adults live only about a month, hunting flies, mosquitos, and...
Facts About Dragonflies 1. Dragonflies have 4 wings, 6 legs, and an antennae. 2. You can find dragonflies by the water. 3. They are expert fliers. They can move up and down, straight, and hover like a helicopter. 4. Dragonflies catch their prey by grabbing it with their feet, while they are flying. 5. The eyes of a dragonfly are HUGE! They have
6 wrz 2024 · dragonfly, (suborder Anisoptera), any of a group of roughly 3,000 species of aerial predatory insects most commonly found near freshwater habitats throughout most of the world. Damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are sometimes also called dragonflies in that both are odonates (order Odonata).
Adult odonates, especially dragonflies, are strong fliers and catch much of their prey on the wing. Odonata Morphology. Odonate larvae possess a characteristic labium (lower lip), which forms an extendable mask-like or scoop-like appendage that covers other mouthparts. Mature larvae possess two pairs of wing pads.
In the air or underwater, dragonflies and damselflies are master predators. The adults are agile and swift fliers. They chase down other insects on the wing, scooping them up in baskets formed by their own spine-covered legs. The aquatic larvae are most often found in still water, where they hunt down other aquatic invertebrates and
