Dragonflies are one of my favorite subjects to research.
The US military has studied dragonflies to see how they 'work'. They are an
absolute miracle when you get right down to it.
They can buzz along at 35 miles per hour and reverse direction within a body
length. They can hover and fly backward with ease.
They actually fly in 'antiphase' as their two sets of wings operate
independently of each other in that the hind pair of wings operate on the air
before the front pair.
Their compound eyes have between 10,000 and 30,000 individual facets. Each eye
can be moved and adjusted while tracking down their prey.
Their breeding habits are downright strange but we'll leave that for another
day...
;-)




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