DRAGON+FLY

Dragon Fly Diet: Did you know that dragonflies have a weird diet? They eat snails, tadpoles,and nymphs ( dragonfly babies).

Life cycle: Did you know dragonflies have a few thousand babies,the lifespan of the dragonfly is 4 years depending on there species.

Kolk, Melinda. __dragonfly02.jpg__. 1-Aug. Pics4Learning. 21 Oct 2010 

__Habitat__ Dragonflies live on every continent except Antarctica. They are usually are around swamps,bogs,and marshes. Also small streams, ponds, rivers, and lakes. Dragonflies LOVE big thick trees. They have some pretty weird places to live!



__Physical Characteristics__ Dragonflies are very large insects. Dragonflies have long, narrow bodies and long front wings. They have large, big, round heads. Their bodies are colorful including yellow, green and red.



Dragonflies can fly up to 35 mi. per hour. Dragonflies can fly upside down, backward, sideways, and can change directions without slowing down. How cool! They can lift things more than twice their body weight. They must be really strong!
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http://www.healthlines.co.uk/FLOWER_ESSENCES/Wild_Earth_Animals/Images/Dragonfly.jpg The male dragonfly guards his prize spot against other males.Some of the dragonfly's predators are fish,newts,frogs,toads and larger adonata larvae.
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__Resources__: Berger, Cynthia. "Dragonflies." //The New Book of Knowledge®//. 2010. Grolier Online. 7 Oct. 2010 . Berger, Cynthia. "Dragonflies." //The New Book of Knowledge®//. 2010. Grolier Online. 7 Oct. 2010 .

Horn, David J. "Dragonfly." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//. 2010. Grolier Online. 7 Oct. 2010 .

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