The Larva: It is interesting to note that even though we’ve seen dragonflies mostly flying around us during hot summer months, they spend most of their life underwater as a larva. They can live underwater for as long as two years, and this is considered to be the longest stage in the life cycle of a dragonfly.
While the larva (nymph) stage can last as long as two years, the adult dragonfly lives for 6 months.
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Nioxic@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
Its also the best succesful hunter in the animal kingdom, iirc.
Highest % of succesful hunts. (As an actual dragonfly. Not as a larvae)
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
95%
idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y
This is what I see on your link.
rockerface@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
That interesting yeah. IIRC, that's the case for most insects - the adult forms only live to reproduce and typically the larva does the heavy lifting of growing and gathering nutrients and stuff
Psythik@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Don't most insects spend most of their lives in the larval stage?
cavalleto@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
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