TIL that dragonflies live 80% of their life underwater as larvae.
TIL that dragonflies live 80% of their life underwater as larvae.
Dragonfly belongs to insect order Odonata and undergoes incomplete metamorphosis unlike other insects. True dragonflies belong to Anisoptera suborder.
The Larva: It is interesting to note that even though we’ve seen dragonflies mostly flying around us during hot summer months, they spend most of their life underwater as a larva. They can live underwater for as long as two years, and this is considered to be the longest stage in the life cycle of a dragonfly.
While the larva (nymph) stage can last as long as two years, the adult dragonfly lives for 6 months.
Its also the best succesful hunter in the animal kingdom, iirc.
Highest % of succesful hunts. (As an actual dragonfly. Not as a larvae)
95%
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This is what I see on your link.
That interesting yeah. IIRC, that's the case for most insects - the adult forms only live to reproduce and typically the larva does the heavy lifting of growing and gathering nutrients and stuff
Don't most insects spend most of their lives in the larval stage?
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