Side Profile Of A Grey And White Dragonfly. A Dragonfly Is A Flying Insect Belonging To The Infraorder Anisoptera Below The Order Odonata. About 3,000 Extant Species Of Dragonflies Are Known. Most Are Tropical, With Fewer Species In Temperate Regions. Loss Of Wetland Habitat Threatens Dragonfly Populations Around The World. Adult Dragonflies Are Characterised By A Pair Of Large, Multifaceted, Compound Eyes, Two Pairs Of Strong, Transparent Wings, Sometimes With Coloured Patches, And An Elongated Body. Many Dragonflies Have Brilliant Iridescent Or Metallic Colours Produced By Structural Coloration, Making Them Conspicuous In Flight. 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.

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