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DRAGONFLY FACE-OFF
How It Works UK
|Issue 212
This close-up view of a Libellulidae dragonfly's head highlights the compact anatomy of the insect's mouth.
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Below the bulging compound eyes are two tiny antennae that are thought to act as the insect's windsocks, tra
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