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Dragonflies can bite humans, fact or myth?
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Bobo.id – Dragonfly is one type insect which has a distinctive shape and is easy to remember.
Yes, body Dragonfly elongated and the wings are only on the back.
Unlike a butterfly whose wings can cover its entire body, or a beetle whose wings can bloom and bud.
Dragonflies are often feared by small children, because there are many myths that develop that dragonflies can bite humans.
Is that a fact? Come on, find out together!
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Careful Predator
Even though its size is not too big, it turns out that jaw strength cannot be underestimated.
Dragonfly jaws can prey on and tear other small insects in a short time.
However, dragonflies cannot bite humans, because their jaws are not strong enough to injure our skin.
There are only a few species that can bite us, but dragonflies only do so as a self-defense strategy.
In addition, he can prey on small insects in a state of flight, you guys.
This is because of its reliable flying ability. Dragonflies can fly in any direction, including sideways and backwards.
It even flies silently at one point for more than a few minutes.
Dragonflies never hunt their prey, if it targets a small insect, it will intercept or ambush the insect in the air.
This is why dragonflies are considered careful predators. Because, dragonflies can calculate the speed of flight with the speed of other animals.
Dragonfly species Pantala flavescens, can fly across oceans during migration and cover distances of up to 11,000 miles.
This dragonfly broke the record for the longest insect migration in the world.
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Dragonfly Big Eyes
Don’t think that dragonfly’s big eyes can’t do much.
Dragonflies have compound eyes that contain 30,000 facets, each providing information about the environment around the dragonfly.
With that many compound eyes, dragonflies can see with an angle of almost 360 degrees.
This allows them to spot small insects and ambush them while avoiding collisions with other insects.
If we see the color combination of red blue and green thanks to the presence of three different types of light sensitive proteins in our eyes called opsins.
Dragonflies, have no less than 11 different opsins, and some species have 30.
Imagine, what spectacular abilities can be shown from his big and magical eyes.
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Can Lay up to 100,000 Grains
As animals that undergo incomplete metamorphosis, dragonflies have three phases in their life cycle.
The stages of dragonfly metamorphosis are egg, nymph, and adult dragonfly.
This stage starts from the egg which has a slippery and slimy shell, in contrast to the eggs of other animals which are hard.
Female dragonflies can produce 100,000 eggs in one laying stage.
After 2 to 5 weeks, the eggs will hatch into larvae. These larvae continue to grow and develop until they become nymphs.
Nymphs have almost the same physical characteristics as adult dragonflies, but are smaller in size.
Uniquely, nymphs can live in water and breathe using gills.
After that, the nymph will grow into an adult dragonfly that can fly to and fro.
Well, that’s a unique dragonfly fact, friends.
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