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Description:

Dragonfly: I went outside, early in the morning, and I saw a dragonfly, resting on our concrete driveway. This dragonfly, is alive, and able to move, but is not able to fly. It had a head, thorax, and an abdomen. It also had, six, jointed legs. It had four, transparent wings. Two forewings, and two aftwings. The aftwings, were larger, than the forewings. Each wing, had many small veins in them. It had two, large, compound eyes. It had a relatively stout body, and a long, slender abdomen. The abdomen, was divided into ten segments. ( S-1 to S- 10 ). It had two, small, setaceous, bristle-like antennae. It had uneven wings. At the top end of each wing, was a dark brown rectangular shape. This shape, was called a "stigma". Each wing, had a "stigma" on it. The color of the head, thorax, and the abdomen, was different shades of brown. The color of the four "stigmas", was dark brown. Both aftwings, had a dark brown patch on them. At the rear end of the abdomen, was the "terminal abdominal appendages". The forewings, were one and three fourths of an inch long, and one fourth of an inch wide. The aftwings, were one and three fourths of an inch long, and five eights of an inch wide. The fluid that flowed through the wing veins, was called "haemolymph". Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Dragonflies, go through incomplete metamorphosis. Egg, Nymph, and the Adult. Family: Libellulidae ( Skimmers )

Habitat:

Dragonflies, thrive in freshwater environments, and they live in temperate, tropical, and terrestrial locations. Immature Dragonflies, are born in bodies of freshwater, and they require nutrients derived exclusively from freshwater sources, to survive. Adult Dragonflies, gravitate toward land, but they still require adjacent bodies of freshwater, for food and sustenance. Dragonflies, reside primarily near bodies of freshwater ( such as small streams and ponds ), that do not contain fish. Dragonflies, do not migrate, but they leave on daily excursions, to hunt in fields, meadows, and other open areas, that are void of thick trees, and vision-impairing vegetation.

Notes:

I went outside, early in the morning, and I saw a dragonfly, resting on our concrete driveway. This dragonfly, is alive, and able to move, but it is not able to fly. It had a head, thorax, and an abdomen. It had six, jointed legs, and two, large, compound eyes. It had four, transparent wings, with veins in them. It had a stout body, and a long, slender abdomen. Its abdomen was segmented. Its abdomen, had ten segments to it. The color of the head, thorax, and the abdomen, was different shades of brown. Each of the four wings, had a stigma on it. It also had, two, small antennae. Both aftwings, had a dark brown patch on it. Dragonflies, go through incomplete metamorphosis.