Move over, ladybugs. Delaware now has a state dragonfly: the blue dasher. The state Dragonfly Project, launched by Sen. Stephanie Hansen, D-Middletown, in March, asked students and teachers to ...

The state butterfly is the tiger swallowtail. The state bird, of course, is the blue hen. Delaware doesn't have a state dragonfly, but that's about to change. Many Delaware groups, including ...

They also have noticeable blue and green spots on their bodies caused by internal structures. Dragonfly colors tend to change as dragonflies mature. They have long bodies with three significant ...

For instance, the blue dasher is a cyanide-blue dragonfly that skims along the pond surface in the day, while the spear-tailed duskhawker, a green dragonfly active in the dusk, rests in the dense ...