After several molts, the large nymph will crawl out of the water onto a dry surface and undergo metamorphosis into an adult dragonfly that can mate. Adults feed on mosquitoes, midges, flies and ...

Dragonfly nymphs are fantastic predators. They have a kind of hinged jaw that can be extended like an arm to grab food—sometimes including small fish—at high speeds.

Hanging from the nymph shell, she has to wait until her legs harden before she is able to crawl out and turn around. In the space of about 15 minutes she extends her wings by pumping air into them.

Dragonfly nymphs are the beginning stage of the commonly called “Devil’s Darning Needle” or “Mosquito Hawk” native to the woodland ponds and swampy areas of the world. There are 450 ...

Dragonfly nymphs are the beginning stage of the commonly called “Devil’s Darning Needle” or “Mosquito Hawk” native to the woodland ponds and swampy areas of the world.

The Wells Chamber is once again offering dragonfly nymphs to the public. Deadline for ordering is Friday, May 8. Delivery will take place Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23 and May 29 and 30.

It may look like a scene from Alien – but this could be nature at its most intimate. These amazing photos, taken by wildlife photographer Marc Heath, appear to show a dragonfly just resting on a piece ...

Ruth Doherty Updated 21 June 2015 at 6:30 am·1-min read Incredible moment dragonfly emerges from nymph It may look like a scene from Alien – but this could be nature at its most intimate. These ...

The cost of the nymphs is $40 for 50, $65 for 100 or $600 for 1,000. To figure your needs, allow for 20 nymphs per 100 feet of mosquito breeding wetland frontage, Hoyt said.