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  2. External morphology of Odonata - Wikipedia

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    Damselflies tend to be less robust, and appear weaker in flight; their wings are narrow near the base and (in most species) held folded back over the abdomen when perched. Dragonfly eyes occupy much of the animal's head, touching (or nearly touching) each other across the face. In damselflies, there is typically a gap in between the eyes.

  3. Dragonfly - Wikipedia

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    The adult dragonfly crawls out of its nymph exoskeleton, the exuvia, arching backwards when all but the tip of its abdomen is free, to allow its exoskeleton to harden. Curling back upwards, it completes its emergence, swallowing air, which plumps out its body, and pumping haemolymph into its wings, which causes them to expand to their full extent.

  4. Odonata - Wikipedia

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    Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (as well as the Epiophlebia damsel-dragonflies). The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies (Anisoptera) usually being bulkier with large compound eyes together and wings spread up or out at rest, while damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are usually more slender with eyes placed apart and ...

  5. File:Dragonfly anatomy.svg - Wikipedia

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  7. Insect morphology - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a typical insect leg The typical and usual segments of the insect leg are divided into the coxa, one trochanter , the femur, the tibia, the tarsus, and the pretarsus . The coxa in its more symmetrical form, has the shape of a short cylinder or truncate cone, though commonly it is ovate and may be almost spherical.

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  9. Tau emerald - Wikipedia

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    The tau emerald is a medium-sized, black and yellow dragonfly with long legs, [4] reaching a body length of about 50 mm. [5] As is unique to dragonfly and mayfly species, H. tau has flight muscles attached directly to the wings, [6] and in both the males and females the inboard edge of the hindwing is rounded. [4]