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Dragonflies and Damselflies
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Dragonflies and Damselflies

Odonata

Odonata is an order of carnivorous insects, encompassing the dragonflies (Anisoptera) and the damselflies (Zygoptera). The Odonata form a clade, which has existed since the Triassic.

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3 branches of this order, most-observed first · about 6,509 known species

Dragonflies

suborderAnisoptera

Damselflies

suborderZygoptera

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suborderAnisozygoptera

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47792.