Odonates
This reading profile brings together 2 source-linked articles that reference odonates.
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- Field guideWatching dragonflies and damselfliesDragonflies and damselflies become easier to study when you stop chasing them. Visit in suitable weather, wait near a favored perch or patrol lane, compare structure before color, and record date, place, habitat, behavior, and photographs without capture.
- Field guideWatching pond lifeA pond is several habitats stacked together. Watch the surface, open water, vegetation, bottom, bank, and air in turn, and a seemingly still patch becomes a web of movement.