1. dragonfly CATTAIL Genus odonata Species 500 different species Food chain LIFE CYCLE Interesting facts about dragonflies. Dragonflies like to eat small insects. Dragonflies have pencil shaped bodies with two pairs of large wings that look like a hair bow. Dragonflies can be seen near ponds. FOOD WEB HABITAT ADAPTATION

2. Bibliography Zim, Herbert S. and Clarence Cottam. Insects. Racine: Western Publishing Company, 1987 Rowan, James P. Dragonflies. Rourke Corporation, 1993. Parker, Steve. Pond and River. Dorling Kindersley, 1988. http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=4&shapeID =1016&curPageNum=7&recnum=IS0040 http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/dragonfly/Dragonflyprintout.s html http://ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/odonatoida.html http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/Images/Odonata/Odo_picts.html

3. Life Cycle Dragonflies start as eggs when they hatch they don’t have wings. They are called nymphs. They have to stay in the water. Then they become a full grown dragonfly.

4. Habitat Dragonflies can be seen flying near ponds. Dragonflies like to eat small insects in there habitat. Nymphs which are small dragonflies start out as small eggs in there habitat.

5. Adaptations There are a lot of different dragonflies they blend in with things. Or they just fly away from there predators. There predators are bullfrogs

6. Food web Beauty berries Small insects Dragonflies

7. Food chain Snakes Bullfrog Dragonfly