This image shows an about 1.6 inch (4 cm) large male Yellow-winged Darter (Sympetrum flaveolum) from the side Wikimedia Commons The dragonfly has been evolving for roughly 300 million years. Fossils ...

Bees and butterflies are the poster insects of our time - this is good; they need our help. But there is another garden creature that enriches our world and gives a flash of color and life to the ...

Of all the gossamer-winged dragonflies zipping across ponds this summer, none is more easily recognizable than the male eastern pondhawk. Its name perfectly describes its hawklike behavior of flying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nikola Nemet / Getty Images Dragonflies are graceful and beautiful to watch, but they also help to reduce other pesky insect ...

The summer day is warm and the wind is absent. At lakes and other bodies of still water, dragonflies dart here and there, almost too fast to follow with your eyes. They are the messengers of summer, ...

Dragonflies strafe ponds, lakes and streams like miniature vintage biplanes. They are stunningly colorful, clever in action and deadly to mosquitoes and gnats. Perhaps dragonflies can redeem your joy ...

Bet you haven't paid much attention to dragonflies. I didn't either, until I learned about their voracious appetite for mosquitoes. Wow, mosquito eaters! I began watching the pencil-thin critters ...

That’s right. Dragonflies are skilled hunters. They can pursue prey at up to 30 mph and almost always catch it. “Known for their beauty and delicate appearance, dragonflies are actually voracious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Delaware state bug is the ladybug. The state butterfly is the tiger swallowtail. The state bird, of course, is the blue hen.

Take a walk along a healthy pond in Georgia this time of year and you’re bound to see some of our most beautiful and spectacular insects hovering or darting over the water and the shoreline. They are ...