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Dragonfly

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A dragonfly is a flying insect.

Red dragonfly - Caldas de Monchique - The Algarve, Portugal (1388550112).jpg
Red dragonfly - Caldas de Monchique - The Algarve, Portugal (1388550112).jpg
It lives near water. It has two pairs of wings. The wings are strong. They can fly very fast. It has big eyes to see.
Big Eyes (8753086631).jpg
Big Eyes (8753086631).jpg
Do you like to watch them fly?

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Meganeura.png
File:Mesurupetala, dragonfly, Late Late Jurassic, Tithonian Age, Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany - Houston Museum of Natural Science - DSC01817.JPG
Mesurupetala, dragonfly, Late Late...
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PantalaFlavescensTalakaveri.jpg
File:Damselfly October 2007 Osaka Japan.jpg
Damselfly October 2007 Osaka Japan.jpg
File:Red dragonfly - Caldas de Monchique - The Algarve, Portugal (1388550112).jpg
Red dragonfly - Caldas de Monchique - The...
File:Dragonfly anatomy.svg
Dragonfly anatomy.svg
File:A migrant hawker dragonfly.jpg
A migrant hawker dragonfly.jpg
File:Big Eyes (8753086631).jpg
Big Eyes (8753086631).jpg
File:Img 041538 mating anax junius.jpg
Img 041538 mating anax junius.jpg
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Libellula quadrimaculata m1.jpg
File:Small pincertail (Onychogomphus forcipatus) male Bulgaria.jpg
Small pincertail (Onychogomphus...
File:Orthetrum luzonicum mating of Kadavoor.jpg
Orthetrum luzonicum mating of Kadavoor.jpg

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