Dragonflies Are Not What You Think

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https://widragonflysociety.org/pdf/DamselfliesofChicagolandrevised.pdf

2:25 min Aeshna palmata Eggs by Steve Valley
2:31 min Epiaeschna heros Pronymph by Marla Garrison
2:39 min Rhionaeschna multicolor Pronymph and 2nd Instars by Steve Valley
3:00 min Hagenius brevistylus Nymph by Marla Garrison
3:01 min Aphylla williamsoni Nymph by Marla Garrison
3:03 min Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis Nymph by Marla Garrison
3:04 min Progomphus obscurus Nymph by Marla Garrison

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References:
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350466862_Search_image_formation_and_female_recognition_in_Ischnura_elegans_males_behavioural_observations_in_a_natural_population_in_Central_Italy_Trasimeno_Lake_Umbria
[2]https://british-dragonflies.org.uk/odonata/life-cycle-and-biology/
[3]https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/gomphidae#:~:text=Burrowers%20have%20a%20compact%20body,intermediate%20between%20hiders%20and%20burrowers.
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[5]https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00631969
[7]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29848791/
[8]https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691180366/dragonflies-and-damselflies?srsltid=AfmBOop-45LJv5SEj9tNhGE126N2QsKzGkxkEXv-TqfH4tNGkWbhWYBO
[9]https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jez.2706
[10] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330795949_Prey_capturing_and_feeding_apparatus_of_dragonfly_nymph
[11]https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abc8170