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dexterously darting about in search of insect prey. They’re members of the ancient insect order Odonata that includes both dragonflies and damselflies and numbers around 6500 species worldwide.
They are fairly large insects and often brilliantly colored with vivid markings or shimmering metallic red, green or blue hues. All have long bodies, lai*ge round heads with prominent eyes, and two pairs of long, transparent wings that move independently. Some people consider them dangerous, but they neither sting nor bite and are in fact completely harmless to humans. Actually, they can be quite beneficial and are sometimes used in biocontrol programs to eliminate flies and mosquitoes.
Of the two groups, dragonflies are the more powerful fliers, and at rest they look like an airplane with horizontal wings. Damselflies are daintier with ridiculously thin bodies, and at rest they fold their wings vertically.
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