STRETCHING THE STREAMDRAGONFLIESNAME - Dragonfly

COMMON NAME - Dragonfly

FAMILY NAME - Odonata

SCIENTIFIC NAME – Anisoptera

SIZE - 19 CM

COLOUR - BLACK AND YELLOW STRIPES (IN NEW ZEALAND)

LENGTH - 12 CM

WEIGHT - 0.0O3 GRAMS

HEIGHT – 2.5 TO 10 CENTIMETRES IN LENGTH

DESCRIPTION

YOUNG DRAGONFLIES:1. TADPOLES2. SMALL FISHADULT DRAGONFLIES:1. MOSQUITOES2. SMALLER DRAGONFLIESNOTE:THEY ALSO EAT FLIES, ANTS, APHIDS AND TERMITES

WHAT DO DRAGONFLIES EAT?

1. FISH2. FROGS3. BEES4. WATER SHREWS5. SUNDEW PLANTS6. DUCKS

Predators

THIS IS MY PICTURE OF A DRAGONFLY IN ITS HABITAT WITH SOME OF ITS PREDATORS AROUND IT. IT SHOWS A STREAM AND POND WHERE IT LIVES WITH GRASS AND TREES AROUND IT.

HABITAT

1. THEY USE THEIR WINGS TO FLY AWAY FROM THEIR PREDATORS AT SPEED.2. THEY HAVE GREAT EYESIGHT TO HELP THEM FIND AND CAPTURE PREY.3.THEY CAN USE THEIR WINGS TO HOVER, FLY BACKWARDS AND TAKE OFF VERTICALLY JUST LIKE A HELICOPTER TO HELP THEM CATCH PREY.4. THEY CAN TURN THEIR HEAD ALMOST ALL THE WAY ROUND WHICH GIVES THEM GREAT VISION ALSO

ADAPTIVE FEATURES

FIRST: EGGSECOND: NYMPHTHIRD: DRAGONFLY

LIFE CYCLE OF A DRAGONFLY

1.DRAGONFLIES ARE CARNIVORES2.DRAGONFLIES WERE AROUND AT THE SAME TIME AS DINOSAURS3.AS NYMPHS, DRAGONFLIES LIVE IN THE WATER4.UP TO 90% OF YOUNG DRAGONFLIES GET EATEN BY PREDATORS5.DRAGONFLIES HAVE A LIFE SPAN OF ABOUT A YEAR6.DRAGONFLY NYMPHS BREATHE THROUGH THEIR BOTTOMS!7.I HAVE SEEN A DRAGONFLY BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOUR BROUGHT ONE TO OUR HOUSE THAT SHE FOUND AT HER SON’S HOUSE IN PUKERUA BAY. I LOOKED AT IT WITH MY MAGNIFYING GLASS IT WAS HUGE. I WISH I HAD KEPT IT NOW SO I COULD SHOW YOU!8. ROUGHLY 4,500 SPECIES OF DRAGONFLY EXIST

INFORMATION

WEBSITES1 WIKIPEDIA2 WWW.DRAGONFLY-SITE.COM3 INSECTS.ABOUT.COM/DRAGONFLIES4 ADAPTIVE CHARACTERISICS OF THE DRAGONFLY/ANIMALS5 WWW.ANSWERS.COM

BOOKS1 WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A DRAGONFLY? BY JINNEY JOHNSON2 DRAGONFLIES NATURES CLOSE - UPS

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