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DRAGONFLIES

RAINBOWS ON THE WING

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dragonflies & damselflies

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odonates - ODONATA

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damselflies - ZYGOPTERA

  • smaller, more slender
  • forewings and hindwings similar
  • eyes smaller, well separated

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  • wings closed in most

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dragonflies - ANISOPTERA

  • larger, more robust
  • forewings and hindwings different
  • eyes larger, touching or close together

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  • wings open

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larva

nymph

head

thorax

abdomen

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miraculous rectum

  1. digestion
  2. respiration
  3. locomotion

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“killer lip”

labium

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BUTTERFLY: LARVA, PUPA, ADULT

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DRAGONFLY: LARVA, ADULT

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teneral

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A TIME OF HIGH MORTALITY

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EXUVIA (“CAST SKIN”)

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AFTER EMERGENCE

�THEN WHAT?

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IMMATURE�may be a �lengthy period

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WARMING UP

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COOLING DOWN

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12,000+

SUPERB VISION

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MASTERS OF THE AIR

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Wandering Glider

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PREDATORS ALL

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BUT OF COURSE ALSO PREY

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PARASITES

TOO!

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SEXUAL MATURATION

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male

female

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female

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male

female

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TERRITORIALITY

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ENDOPHYTIC

OVIPOSITION

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EXOPHYTIC

OVIPOSITION

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MORE�ABOUT�HOW DRAGONFLIES ARE�THE COOLEST CRITTERS�YOU�CAN�SEE�AT�THE�POND

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Petalura litorea

Nannothemis australis

Australia

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Perithemis mooma

Lestes sigma

Costa Rica

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Libellula depressa

UK

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Zyxomma petiolatum

Borneo

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Argia

Mexico

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Platycypha caligata

South Africa

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Celithemis

eastern North America

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Zenithoptera lanei

Brazil

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Phaon iridipennis

Namibia

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Chalcopteryx rutilans

Peru

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Four-spotted Skimmer

Washington

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Gray Petaltail

Florida

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ODONATE DIVERSITY

  • 6000 described species
  • 465 in North America
  • 81 in Washington
  • 57 in Okanogan County
  • 60 in King County

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WASHINGTON ODONATA IN FLIGHT

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COMMON OKANOGAN ODONATA

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Spotted Spreadwing

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Tule Bluet

Boreal/Northern Bluet

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Pacific Forktail

Western Forktail

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Blue-eyed Darner

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Variable Darner

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Paddle-tailed Darner

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Common Green Darner

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Pale Snaketail

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American Emerald

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Mountain Emerald

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Common Whitetail

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Twelve-spotted Skimmer

female

Twelve-spotted

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Common Whitetail

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Eight-spotted Skimmer

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Four-spotted Skimmer

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Dot-tailed Whiteface

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Belted Whiteface

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Western Pondhawk

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Variegated Meadowhawk

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Striped Meadowhawk

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Slater Museum of Natural History

http://www.pugetsound.edu/dragonflies

Seattle Audubon Society

32 pp $7

Princeton Univ. Press

535 pp $30

RESOURCES

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build your own habitat

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dragonflies are fun

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odonatology is exciting

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photography is challenging

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dragons are fierce

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damsels are beautiful

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