Description: The dragonfly is an insect that has more than 4,500 different types of shapes and colours of its kind. Adult dragonflies have a long and slender abdomen, two pairs of wings and three pairs of legs. They also have very large eyes. Dragonflies can fly up to 56 kilometres per hour.
Habitat: Adult dragonflies live near streams, lakes and ponds. The larvae live in streams, lakes and ponds among plants and rocks.
Food: Adult dragonflies eat mainly flying insects. Larvae eat insects in the water, worms, and occasionally tadpoles and small fish.
Predators: Fish, turtles, frogs, ducks, herons and larger insects all like to eat dragonflies.
Life Cycle: They have three stages in their life cycle: egg - larva - adult.
