How many of us grew up being told that if we told a lie a dragonfly would come and sew our mouths shut? Pretty scary! This is where the common darner (a type of large dragonfly) gets its name - a ...
Q: What are "darning needles" and how did they get that name? A: "Darning needle" is one of many common names applied to dragonflies. Others are "horse stingers," "snake doctors" and "mosquito hawks." ...
Order Odonata, with 5,000 species, 450 of those found in North America. Common names: All kinds, including snake doctor, darning needle, green-eyed skimmers, jagged-edge saddlebag, mosquito hawk and ...
ANOTHER LIFE:MATSUO BASHO, 17th-century Zen master and inventor of the telegraphic haiku, certainly got the colour right, but the slender red damselflies sunning themselves on glossy acanthus leaves ...
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