Dragonflies are fast-flying, four-winged insects with long bodies and enormous eyes. The adult dragonfly has the biggest eyes in the insect world and they are capable of detecting movement up to 15m away!

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Image: Dragonflies by Vijay

Information sourced from:

Berger, Cynthia (2004), Wild Guide Dragonflies [online], Available from: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oxRD1gAkVVsC&pg=PA2&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false [accessed 02/06/2015]

British Dragonfly Society, UK Species [online], Available from: http://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/uk-species [accessed 02/06/2015]

Everything Dinosaur, High Oxygen Levels Spawn Super-sized Dragonflies [online], Available from: https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2010/11/03/4671836.html [Accessed 11/12/2020]

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