damselfly
dam·sel·fly [ ˈdam-zəl-ˌflī]
[ˈdam-zəl-ˌflī]
: any of numerous odonate insects (suborder Zygoptera) distinguished from dragonflies by laterally projecting eyes and usually stalked wings folded above the body when at rest
Recent Examples on the Web
//But Yee points out that other, medically relevant mosquitoes have predators similar to damselflies.
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Jake Buehler, National Geographic, "How pesticides can actually increase mosquito numbers," 31 May 2019
//But the plantation damselflies had evolved no such resistance.
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Jake Buehler, National Geographic, "How pesticides can actually increase mosquito numbers," 31 May 2019
//But damselfly larvae—a major predator of larval mosquitoes—were conspicuously missing from the plantations.
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Jake Buehler, National Geographic, "How pesticides can actually increase mosquito numbers," 31 May 2019
//Near his childhood home in suburban Connecticut, Mr. Stager visits a local lily pond and reflects on dragonflies, damselflies and tadpoles.
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Danny Heitman, WSJ, "‘Still Waters: The Secret World of Lakes’ Review: Earth’s Many Eyes," 25 May 2018
//Dragonflies look slightly different than damselflies.
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John Benson, cleveland.com, "Thief steals wire from home under construction: Seven Hills Police Blotter," 12 Apr. 2018
//That’s what happened to three 100-million-year-old male damselflies, which gave scientists a peek into the courtship behaviors of these ancient creatures.
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Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, "Flirtatious 100-Million-Year-Old Damselflies Found Frozen in Amber," 23 Mar. 2017
//Ziegler observes butterflies and damselflies and bees that never descend to the ground, and dozens of species of birds: barbets, paradise tanagers, scarlet macaws that arrive in pairs, and fat, piping guans, which look like elegant turkeys.
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Christian Ziegler, National Geographic, "One Tiny Wasp Turns a Fig Tree Into a 150-Foot-High Eden," 29 Sep. 2016
//The beautiful Amatola Malachite damselfly, which is endangered, and lives in the Eastern Cape mountains of South Africa, is a case in point.
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Michael Samways, Smithsonian, "Why Small Animals Are Huge for Conservation," 31 Mar. 2017
First Known Use of damselfly
1815, in the meaning defined above
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