Learn A Few Facts About Dragonflys

When you see two dragonflies flying through the air attached to one another, it is almost always a male and female mating.

The attached photo was taken from page 237 of the dragonfly Kama Sutra

Male dragonflies can be very territorial (much like male humans. Love seeing a young guy that has his girlfriend in the “My bitch grip”) Staking claim to a area of pond or stream. When you see two adults chasing each other it is often a male chasing another from its turf.

I’m assuming they don’t mark said turf with cans of spray paint. I wonder when dragonflies become middle aged they buy a red sports car. Prolly not.

1)They belong to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta.

2)Eyes in front of their heads mean they are predators eating mosquitoes that pester me on my walks in the evening.