the nymphs crawl out of the water, their exoskeleton cracks open on the dorsal side, and they gradually emerge. After several hours their wings stiffen up and they are ready to fly. Dragonfly ...

These amazing photos ... show a dragonfly just resting on a piece of reed, but the show continues to reveal something rarely seen up close. Slowly, the figure is revealed to be but a nymph ...

THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH Buy This Image Wood County Program Naturalist Jim Witter, left, talks to participants in his Dragonflies: Inside and Out class as they search for Dragonfly Nymphs Saturday ...

He captured this time-lapse video, below, of the metamorphosis of a common green darner dragonfly from a larval nymph. More of his photos can be found in the new large-format book Dragonflies ...

Today, we celebrate the dragonfly ... fly near the water at all! A dragonfly moves into a better territory by fighting (and beating!) the male that holds it. Dragonflies are predators as nymphs ...

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 ...

These amazing photos, taken by wildlife photographer Marc Heath, appear to show a dragonfly just resting on a piece of reed, but the show continues to reveal something rarely seen up close. Slowly, ...