蜻蛉昆蟲嘅其中一類,學名叫蜻蛉目Odonata),下面有超過5,900個品種,包括各種塘尾蜻蜓

蜻蛉

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蜻蜓成蟲係大隻、強壯嘅飛蟲,對複眼大到霸佔咗個頭嘅大半橛,令佢哋有強勁嘅視覺(更加方便佢哋喺空中捉蝴蝶花蜂等嘅獵物)。佢哋全部物種嘅成蟲都識飛,無論飛緊定落咗地唞緊嗰陣都會將啲翼打橫噉攤開嗮[1][2]-唔似得佢哋近親豆娘Zygoptera)噉唞嗰時興將啲翼收埋[註 1]

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  1. 呢度講嘅蜻蜓同豆娘對比,係話「多數蜻蜓同豆娘物種都係噉」。以最嚴格嘅生物學基準講,一隻蟲「屬邊個或者」係要睇基因,唔係齋靠睇樣嘅。
  1. Suhling, F.; Sahlén, G.; Gorb, S.; Kalkman, V.J.; Dijkstra, K-D.B.; van Tol, J. (2015). "Order Odonata". In Thorp, James; Rogers, D. Christopher (eds.). Ecology and general biology. Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates (4 ed.). Academic Press. pp. 893-932.
  2. Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard, S.; Barnes, Robert D. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology, 7th edition. Cengage Learning. p. 745.