Anatomy Of A Dragonfly

This is a diagram of the internal anatomy of an insect. To get to know these odonata order insects you should examine the various parts of their anatomy including not only the head thorax and abdomen which make up the three main sections of the adult dragonflys body.

Dragonfly S Eyes

Because the sets of wings operate independently dragonflies can hover in one place.

Anatomy of a dragonfly. Anatomy of a dragonfly stigma. Dragonflies go through gradual metamorphosis. The thorax contains the muscles that control the movements of the wings and legs.

Dragonfly eyes consist of approximately 28000 individual telescoping lenses called. Dragonflies have two sets of wings with a notch in the front edge of each wing. The body of a dragonfly consists of three main parts.

The abdomen which is divided in 10 segments contains the digestive and reproductive systems. The main part of the head is the frons forehead which support a pair of antennae two large compound eyes and three simple eyes. Abdomen the segmented tail like section of the body.

Below is the external anatomy of a dragonfly larvae. The head thorax and abdomen accompanied by 6 legs 3 on each side and 2 pairs of wings. The nymph grows until it reaches its full size.

Antennae a pair of sensory organs on top of the head. Below are drawings showing the main external structural characteristics of dragonflies and damselflies. Dragonflies not only are visually beautiful theyre also agile fliers and helpful insect eaters.

Mouthparts consist of the labrum madible and labium. Gradual metamorphosis is when an egg is laid and when it hatches it is a nymph or a smaller version of the creature. Below is the external anatomy of an adult dragonfly.

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