Alright kidlets! I finally figured out how to add images so today, I'll be educating you on something they probably don't teach you in school and is the only thing that I remember learning about in my Invertebrate Biology class in college.
Now you have probably been outside once or twice in your life and you may have seen ladybugs, beetles, butterflies, and dragonflies. You may have also seen a so called "baby dragonfly" ie., this b***h
Oh how sorely mistaken you are. This is a DAMSELFLY.
And this girthy dude
Is a DRAGONFLY
Let me compare them side-by-side.
Notice anything different?
Wings size
Body size
Position of eyes
Position of wings when stationary
Let's start with their wings. Just LOOK at them. Yes the wings are proportional to their body size BUT the key factor that makes them different is when they are stationary.
Dragonflies wings remain open when they are stationary while damselflies wings fold upwards when stationary.
Do I need to say more about their body size? Dragonflies are bigger and thicker in body size than damselflies. Damselflies have thinner bodies and are smaller than dragonflies. They have a delicate look to them where as dragonflies look like a heavy-weight champion ready to break the poor damselfly in half.
Last point. Eye position. If you look closely at their eyes, you can see that the damselfly's eyes protrude out on both sides of their head. Dragonflies eyes don't and are faced forward on their heads.
That's it. That's all I wanted to talk about. I don't remember any technical or scientific terms sooooo yeah! Thanks for indulging me in this educational...rant? I don't know what to call this lol
~Noi
