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Needle dragonfly has a unique name in addition to its name as well as a beautiful body shape

This one animal is from the dragonfly family. One thing that is distinctive about this animal is its small, slender body size and resembles a needle, so it is called the needle dragonfly. Needle dragonflies or commonly called damselfly, are insects that belong to the order Odonata. Dragonflies are usually divided into two major groups, namely dragonflies or sibar-sibar and needle dragonflies.

Needle dragonflies are also commonly found in water sources, such as swamps, rivers, lakes, or rice fields. They choose to live in clean and unpolluted water sources to lay their eggs so that their standard of living is guaranteed. That's why the presence of dragonflies can be used as an indication, whether the waters are still clean or polluted.

Adult needle dragonflies will hunt their prey in the air, this is done mainly on small insects. Therefore, the presence of the needle dragonfly can also be a control against the mosquito population.

All needle dragonflies lay their eggs inside the plant body. Those that lay eggs underwater can submerge themselves for 30 minutes at a time, climbing along the stems of aquatic plants and laying eggs at intervals.

When it becomes an egg, the needle dragonfly is at risk of becoming food for the fish in these waters. And after hatching is called a larva and then becomes a nymph. And in contrast to the eggs, this needle dragonfly nymph becomes a predator for small fish and young fish.

Needle dragonflies are hemimetabolous insects that do not have a pupal stage in their development.