damselfly
noun
dam·sel·fly
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
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Photographer Pete Burford was outside at 2 a.m., looking for resting damselflies in the United Kingdom.
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2024
Emotions missing during the six months of pandemic—spontaneity, hope, joy—flitted like damselflies over the millpond.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
There were zug bugs, damselflies, jassid beetles, woolly buggers.
—Maya Binyam, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Orbiting, stalling, inverting The study team compiled hundreds of slow-motion videos capturing the behaviors of butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, dragonflies and damselflies, and found that the critters were not attracted to faraway lights.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2024
Emotions missing during the six months of pandemic—spontaneity, hope, joy—flitted like damselflies over the millpond.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
There were zug bugs, damselflies, jassid beetles, woolly buggers.
—Maya Binyam, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Orbiting, stalling, inverting The study team compiled hundreds of slow-motion videos capturing the behaviors of butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, dragonflies and damselflies, and found that the critters were not attracted to faraway lights.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Damselfly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damselfly. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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