Beauty Of Creativity : Damselfly (Needle dragonflies)

This one animal is from the dragonfly family. One thing that is distinctive about this animal is its small, slender body size and resembles a needle, so it is called the needle dragonfly.

Needle dragonflies or commonly called damselfly, are insects belonging to the order Odonata, suborder Zygoptera (Lilies S., Christina, 1991). and Types of dragonflies are usually divided into two major groups, namely dragonflies or sibar-sibar and needle dragonflies (Amri and Toguan, 2008).

Needle dragonflies are also commonly found in water sources, such as swamps, rivers, lakes, or rice fields. They choose to live in clean and unpolluted water sources to lay their eggs so that their standard of living is guaranteed. That's why the presence of dragonflies can be used as an indication, whether the waters are still clean or polluted.

Damselflies are insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies, which constitute the other odonatan suborder, Anisoptera, but are smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along the body when at rest, unlike dragonflies which hold the wings flat and away from the body.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damselfly

Adult needle dragonflies will hunt their prey in the air, this is done mainly on small insects. Therefore, the presence of the needle dragonfly can also be a control against the mosquito population.

The male dragonfly defends its territory with its wings open and prominently displays the iridescent copper markings of the upper hind wings.

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