Odonata species

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Context

• Around 50 Odonata species were identified on the first day of the two-day Odonata survey that commenced in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR).

Details

• Odonata is an order of flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies.
• All Odonata have aquatic larvae called naiads (nymphs), and all of them, larvae and adults, are carnivorous.
• The adults can land but rarely walk. Their legs are specialized for catching prey. They are almost entirely insectivorous.
• The largest living odonate is the giant Central American helicopter damselfly Megaloprepus coerulatus.