The Last Dragon Fly

July 04, 2012

The Last Dragon Fly

Tonight, we had an unusual guest... a dragon fly.

Ryan's palm and the Dragonfly

It was already ten in the evening when it entered our premise. It wildly flew inside. The gate of the room was left open and it may have been attracted to the light. However, it came alone. It has no friends to accompany it. I wonder if it got lost, since I wasn't expecting one in a city.

Types of Dragon Flies

Based on the short research I have conducted, it seems that our visitor belongs to the Clubtail Dragonflies. The image we captured reveals its enlarged area and patterned clear wings, as well as its widely separated eyes and sprawling legs.

dragon fly measurement is approximately 3 inches based on the measurement of the blue ballpen

The other type of dragonfly is the Darner Dragonflies. It is large and robust with brilliant blue and green colors. They often arrive in swarm like bees and is more common in comparison to the clubtail dragonflies.

darner dragonfly

Dragonfly Trivias

Dragonflies have been around 300 million years.
Female dragonfly lay eggs sometimes as many 100,000 at a time.
They will live as nymphs for up to four years, shedding their skin up to fifteen times, yet when they finally mature into adults, the dragonfly stage, they will survive only a few months.
Dragonfly eyes contain up to 30,000 individual lenses.
Although 80% of the brain is devoted to sight, dragonflies are not able to register detail well

Source: http://animal-facts-trivia.blogspot.com/2008/11/dragonfly-amazing-insect-predator.html

Additional Dragonfly Facts by MamaDragonfly2677

1. There are about 5,000 different kinds of dragonflies. 400 of them live in the U.S.

2. When you see two dragonflies chasing each other, it is usually two males fighting to flee the other from the territory. Dragonflies are very territorial.

3. When you see two dragonflies attached, flying, most likely it is a male and female mating.

4. Male dragonfly's penises are shaped like a shovel at the end so it can scoop out any "additions" to the female, by another male dragonfly. (another territorial issue... Apparently, he doesn't like to share!)

5. Dragonflies were here on earth before the dinasaurs were! They haven't changed much since then, besides they are MUCH smaller!

6. The largest wing span ever recorded on a dragonfly is two and a half feet! (It was a fossil)

7.Dragonflies are very curious creatures, but they will not harm a human one bit. They may fly around your head, or even land on you, but they will never sting or bite.

8. Because of their large multifaceted eyes, the adult dragonfly can see just about 360 degrees around themselves without moving their head!

9. A dragonfly's eyes hold thousands of lenses. Humans only have one. (hmm..)

10. A dragonfly was once clocked at 55 mph!

Dragonfly Symbolisms

The primary symbolisms of the dragonfly includes the following:

1. powerful force

2. renewal

3.the power of life.

It is a symbol of the sense of self that arrives with maturity. As a creature of the wind, it also represents change. One of its lessons is to live life to the fullest because his own is brief.

Symbolism in various cultures include