Dragonfly

A Dragonfly lives in ponds, lakes, canals, streams, rivers and swamps.

A dragonfly has 3 body parts. They are the head, thorax and abdomen. The dragonfly has wings and an exoskeleton. The dragonfly also has very short antennas.

Written and Illustrated <br/>by Eros Acharya

A dragonfly has incomplete metamorphosis. The three stages are egg, nymph and adult.

Dragonflies are social insects because they live together.

A dragonfly needs warmth to fly. You will notice they will often land when the sun goes behind a cloud. There are 3,600 species of dragonflies in the world.

My name is Eros. I am 8 years old. I am in second grade. I am a boy. I live in the city of Rochester in New York State. I have 7 people in my family. I like to play with my baby brother.

Dragonflies are friends because they eat mosquitos and other insects.

Dragonflies have lived for over 250 millions years.

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