1.0Field Stationhttps://uwm.edu/field-stationField Stationhttps://uwm.edu/field-stationDragonflies (Family Libellulidae)rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="98ye8cuBlo"><a href="https://uwm.edu/field-station/bug-of-the-week/dragonflies/">Dragonflies (Family Libellulidae)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://uwm.edu/field-station/bug-of-the-week/dragonflies/embed/#?secret=98ye8cuBlo" width="600" height="338" title="“Dragonflies (Family Libellulidae)” — Field Station" data-secret="98ye8cuBlo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The three dragonflies included here, Eastern/Common Pondhawks, Eastern Amberwing, and Chalk-fronted Corporals, are all in the Skimmer family, Libellulidae. Despite the fact that the young are aquatic and the adults are not, and the young (naiads) look different than the adults, they are considered to have simple or incomplete metamorphosis.https://uwm.edu/field-station/wp-content/uploads/sites/380/2017/02/dragonfly2.jpg