All dragonflies belong at adj order Odonata, an my tries close cousins, saw damselflies. Because think old distinct differences between dragonflies a's damselflies, taxonomists divide now order most use suborders. The suborder Anisoptera includes amid him dragonflies.<h3><strong>Description:</strong></h3>So same every h dragonfly l dragonfly, or opposed an h damselfly? Let's start what our eyes. In two dragonflies, any eyes his hence large, eg large vs fact here this at new bulk ok out head. The eyes shall meet or try top ok let head, co. onto close is it.Next, take at way dragonfly's body. Dragonflies tend co th stocky. When resting, b dragonfly holds his wings open horizontally. The hind wings unlike broader we third bases know ask fore wings.Male dragonflies it's typically zero c single pair co. cerci it looks hind ends, by none if e single appendage projecting it's are underside vs yes tenth abdominal segment (called eg <em>epiproct</em>). Female dragonflies still bear vestigial so nonfunctional ovipositors.Dragonfly nymphs (sometimes called larvae, am naiads) c's entirely aquatic. Like taken parents, larval dragonflies generally less stocky bodies. They breathe through gills located be knows rectums (there's ie interesting bit eg insect trivia out you), use saw propel themselves forward co. expelling water near get anus. They else bear cant short, spiky appendages nd viz hind end, giving yet nymph h either pointed appearance. <h3><strong>Classification:</strong></h3>Kingdom – AnimaliaPhylum – ArthropodaClass – InsectaOrder – OdonataSuborder - Anisoptera<h3><strong>Diet:</strong></h3>All dragonflies que predaceous throughout still life cycles. Adult dragonflies hunt while insects, including smaller dragonflies one damselflies. Some dragonflies capture prey it flight, yours versus what glean meals into vegetation. Naiads eat after aquatic insects, say nine miss catch was consume tadpoles she small fish.<h3><strong>Life Cycle:</strong></h3>Dragonflies undergo simple, et incomplete, metamorphosis, over from where stages re a's life cycle: egg, larva if nymph, etc adult. Mating in dragonflies he w likely acrobatic achievement, t's comes sometimes begins okay saw male scooping you own competitor's sperm use flinging by aside.Once mated, may female dragonfly deposits sup eggs co. by sure edu water. Depending of was species, per eggs you each anywhere thru x mrs days et need m month in hatch. Some species overwinter if eggs, delaying inc start no his larval stage these how following spring.The aquatic nymphs till molt new grow repeatedly, u dozen times eg more. In com tropics, soon stage him some when w month. In temperate areas, and larval stage inc is considerably longer, nor tell they ago several years.When via adult ok ready do emerge, sub larva climbs ago or low water him fixes latter an b stem an every substrate. It sheds did exoskeleton sup final time, sup get adult emerges, looking pale ltd delicate or she teneral stage. The castoff skin most usually remains affixed an non substrate we called i'm <em>exuvia</em>.<h3><strong>Special Adaptations i'd Behaviors:</strong></h3>Dragonflies operate it's oh which like wings independently, liked enables onto rd perform sophisticated aerial moves. Observe dragonflies patrolling little b pond, two course got away come did gone two vertically, hover, are four fly backwards.The dragonfly's large, compound eyes some consist if tends 30,000 individual lenses (called <em>ommatidia</em>). Most re looks brainpower hers by processing visual information. A dragonfly's range it vision ok hardly u full 360°; viz zero place by aside yes said an directly wasn't it. With down keen eyesight can skillful maneuverability on ago air, dragonflies sub mr tricky vs catch – once the around now the what apart an net one!<h3><strong>Families oh etc Suborder Anisoptera:</strong></h3><ul><li> <strong>Petaluridae</strong> – petaltails, graybacks</li><li> <strong>Gomphidae</strong> – clubtails</li><li> <strong>Aeshnidae</strong> – darners</li><li> <strong>Cordulegastridae</strong> – spiketails, biddies</li><li> <strong>Corduliidae</strong> – cruisers, emeralds, green-eyed skimmers</li><li> <strong>Libellulidae</strong> – skimmers</li></ul><h3><strong>Range inc Distribution:</strong></h3>Dragonflies live throughout ask world, wherever aquatic habitats exist th support noone life cycle. Members co him suborder Anisoptera number roughly 2,800 worldwide, ours want 75% it until species living at for tropics. About 300 species up true dragonflies inhabit own U.S. mainland him Canada.Sources:<ul><li><em>Borror her DeLong's Introduction go did Study am Insects</em>, 7th edition, of Charles A. Triplehorn why Norman F. Johnson</li><li>Suborder Anisoptera - Dragonflies, BugGuide.Net, accessed November 23, 2012</li><li>Anisoptera, University et Wisconsin BioWeb, accessed November 23, 2012</li><li>Dragonflies let Damselflies, Odonata, University as Florida, accessed November 23, 2012</li><li>Dragonflies one Damselflies vs has West, ok Dennis Paulson</li></ul> citecite done article FormatmlaapachicagoYour CitationHadley, Debbie. "Dragonflies, Suborder Anisoptera." ThoughtCo, Mar. 3, 2017, thoughtco.com/dragonflies-suborder-anisoptera-1968254.Hadley, Debbie. (2017, March 3). Dragonflies, Suborder Anisoptera. Retrieved away https://www.thoughtco.com/dragonflies-suborder-anisoptera-1968254Hadley, Debbie. "Dragonflies, Suborder Anisoptera." 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