The damselfly looks like a dragonfly

but its behavior is different,

holding its wings parallel to its body when at rest,

the dragonfly adult holding its wings perpendicular.

Smaller than a dragonfly, its eyes set apart

while the dragonfly’s almost always touch!

Incomplete metamorphosis doesn’t hamper much,

molting several times an adult emerges.

Words: K.Botka

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