Fun fact: The hexagon is the most common shape in nature. The hexagons in this image are in the eye of a dragonfly. Each hexagonal rod, called an ommatidium, contains major structures that have ...
Dragonfly eyes: children turn in slow motion on the spot with wide eyes to face the back…then turn in the opposite direction to face the front again. Dragonflies complete: the arm and leg ...
From eyes the size of a dinner plate to 360-degree vision, these animals boast extraordinarily efficient ways of seeing. Meet the creatures with the most crafty ...
but that doesn’t mean all animals’ eyes are alike. Take this dragonfly, for example. Its eyes are actually made up of thousands of tiny different lenses. We call this kind of eye a compound ...
It is a short adulthood of feeding, sexual interaction, and egg deposition. When it emerges as an adult, a Hine's emerald dragonfly's eyes are brown, turning bright green within three days. FEEDING: ...
Two elegant flying insects are similar enough that they’re confused for one another. I’m talking about the dragonfly and damselfly. Both insects belong to the Odonata order, with damselflies grouped ...
The Hine's emerald dragonfly, found in scattered locations throughout the Great Lakes region and Missouri, isn't anywhere near that size, but it's every bit as remarkable. Renowned for its aerobatic ...