"Anisoptera"

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25 August 2024

A dragonfly rests on a wire fence in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 25, 2024. Global warming shows consequences on ecosystems. Rising temperatures, changes in the rainfall pattern, rising sea levels, and the intensification of extreme phenomena are some examples of the crisis. However, an effect that is almost not talked about involves the massive arrival of insects to Europe, including the Iberian Peninsula.

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5 March 2024

A dragonfly is seen up close in a macro view in Nagaon district, about 155 kilometers east of Guwahati, India, on March 5, 2024.

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11 January 2024

A Saffron-Winged Meadowhawk Dragonfly (Sympetrum costiferum) is perching in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 3, 2023.

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11 January 2024

A Saffron-Winged Meadowhawk Dragonfly (Sympetrum costiferum) is perching in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 3, 2023.

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11 January 2024

A Saffron-Winged Meadowhawk Dragonfly (Sympetrum costiferum) is perching in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 3, 2023.

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11 January 2024

A Saffron-Winged Meadowhawk Dragonfly (Sympetrum costiferum) is perching in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on September 3, 2023.

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#10463920

5 September 2023

A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonflies are known. An adult dragonfly's compound eyes have nearly 24,000 ommatidia each. Dragonflies are predatory insects, both in their aquatic nymphal stage (also known as ''naiads'') and as adults. In some species, the nymphal stage lasts up to five years, and the adult stage may be as long as 10 weeks, but most species have an adult lifespan in the order of five weeks or less, and some survive for only a few days. They are fast, agile fliers capable of highly accurate aerial ambush, sometimes migrating across oceans, and often live near water. Fossils of very large dragonfly-like insects, sometimes called griffinflies, are found from 325 million years ago (Mya) in Upper Carboniferous rocks.

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#10463922

5 September 2023

A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonflies are known. An adult dragonfly's compound eyes have nearly 24,000 ommatidia each. Dragonflies are predatory insects, both in their aquatic nymphal stage (also known as ''naiads'') and as adults. In some species, the nymphal stage lasts up to five years, and the adult stage may be as long as 10 weeks, but most species have an adult lifespan in the order of five weeks or less, and some survive for only a few days. They are fast, agile fliers capable of highly accurate aerial ambush, sometimes migrating across oceans, and often live near water. Fossils of very large dragonfly-like insects, sometimes called griffinflies, are found from 325 million years ago (Mya) in Upper Carboniferous rocks.

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#10463924

5 September 2023

A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonflies are known. An adult dragonfly's compound eyes have nearly 24,000 ommatidia each. Dragonflies are predatory insects, both in their aquatic nymphal stage (also known as ''naiads'') and as adults. In some species, the nymphal stage lasts up to five years, and the adult stage may be as long as 10 weeks, but most species have an adult lifespan in the order of five weeks or less, and some survive for only a few days. They are fast, agile fliers capable of highly accurate aerial ambush, sometimes migrating across oceans, and often live near water. Fossils of very large dragonfly-like insects, sometimes called griffinflies, are found from 325 million years ago (Mya) in Upper Carboniferous rocks.

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#7262186

23 October 2021

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus, sometimes known as the Black-kneed Conehead or Black-kneed Meadow Katydid is a species of Tettigoniidae found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Indo-China and western Malesia. They are diurnal (activity during the day). The crimson-orange nymphs are quite noticeable in the grasses and shrubs where they develop. This photo was taken at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 23/10/2021.

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#7262188

23 October 2021

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus, sometimes known as the Black-kneed Conehead or Black-kneed Meadow Katydid is a species of Tettigoniidae found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Indo-China and western Malesia. They are diurnal (activity during the day). The crimson-orange nymphs are quite noticeable in the grasses and shrubs where they develop. This photo was taken at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 23/10/2021.

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#7262190

23 October 2021

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus, sometimes known as the Black-kneed Conehead or Black-kneed Meadow Katydid is a species of Tettigoniidae found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Indo-China and western Malesia. They are diurnal (activity during the day). The crimson-orange nymphs are quite noticeable in the grasses and shrubs where they develop. This photo was taken at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 23/10/2021.

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#6851938

4 July 2021

Close-up of common darter dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) resting on a branch in Ontario, Canada.

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