Dragonflies

My mother used to call dragonflies “darning needles”…Darning needles would fly up and sew up the mouths of little children who talked too much. ❋ Unknown (2008)

BASS LOVE TO FEED ON MOSQUITO HAWKS ALSO known as dragonflies. ❋ Jimmy Houston With Steven D. Price (2001)

For example, those working on micro air vehicles look to insects such as dragonflies; those working on climbing robots or adhesives look to the gecko lizard; and those working on making water-repellent or super clean surfaces look to the lotus plant. ❋ Tracy Staedter (2008)

In the case of the insects, such as dragonflies and midges, only the egg and larvae stages are found in this zone. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They're going to implant micro-electro-mechanical systems MEMS into insects such as dragonflies and moths...even into hopping and swimming insects! ❋ News From Mad Plato (2006)

And thanks to the inventive genius of Fiona’s grandfather Rendor, humans have finally taken to the sky, not only in giant airships but in small, ornithopter contraptions called dragonflies as well. ❋ RobB (2009)

Flowers, leaves and garden insects such as dragonflies are perfect motifs for announcing seasonal changes or events, and these everyday icons are easy to incorporate into a homemade flag. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Two hundred scientists contributed to the report, which covers fish, mollusks, crabs, aquatic plants and aquatic insects such as dragonflies and damselflies. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It also eats large insects, such as dragonflies, by catching them in its talons and transferring them to its beak in mid-flight. ❋ O'Reilly Media (2010)

Others want to invite wildlife that they wouldn't see in drier settings, such as dragonflies, tadpoles and turtles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The two "dragonflies" on top are made out of shrimp, the end part of a lobster tail, and a grape.

(Not so much for the mosquitos, but that's what bats and dragonflies are for!) ❋ Mllelaurel (2009)

When I come upon her late in the day she looks wasted, sitting hunched on a rock by the water's edge, the sun a low, open oven on the horizon, the dragonflies darting madly, the air filled with an explosion of white dandelion floaters. ❋ Nicholas Rombes (2010)