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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 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Its also the best succesful hunter in the animal kingdom, iirc.

Highest % of succesful hunts. (As an actual dragonfly. Not as a larvae)

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

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[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

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 points 1 year ago

Don't most insects spend most of their lives in the larval stage?

[–] cavalleto@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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