This week at the Zoo

The Dragonfly

Habitat: Rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds 

Food: Insects 

Size: Up to 6 inches long

Babies:  Larvae, called nymphs, don't have working wings and breathe underwater through gills.

Dragonflies have two pairs of wings.

Their wings are very thin and sheer, with small veins that crisscross to add strength. Dragonflies can beat their wings together or separately, which allows them to turn easily in the air, hover, and fly backward just like a helicopter.

They are carnivores.

They like to eat mosquitoes and gnats.

Dragonflies don't sting and generally don't bite people.

People in Indonesia like to eat them for a snack.

They need to warm up in the sun during the morning before taking off and flying for most of the day.

This week's Verse

Going back to revise a verse since its relevant for this week :)

Matthew 6:22, 23
The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.  But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.