"GOTTA LOVA ODONATA"

First appearing more 100 million years before the dinosaurs, DRAGONFLIES are a marvel of adaptation.  Surviving ice ages and  mass extinctions they are the animal kingdom's premier aerial predators. There are 97 species identified in Indiana and 462 species in North America

Eastern Pondhawk - a horizontal perching dragonfly

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Female
    Dot-Tailed Whiteface

This 12-spotted Skimmer has just captured a fly in  mid-air.

Male    
Ruby Meadowhawk

Female
Ruby Meadowhawk

In Great Britain and Europe DRAGONFLIES and DAMSELFLIES are all identified as DRAGONFLIES.  In North America we identify them separately.

Photos: J. Ormiston ,2014 (Fox Island Co. Park)