Dragon-flies

Dragon-flies hover over the moist spots, transparent wings carrying coral-red bodies, and two sand-wasps pilot my steps, following the narrow ribbon of bare ground as a fish the course of a shallow stream, buzzing ominously as if in warning of some possible mischance.

Tropic Days 2003

The Dragon-flies are pretty numerous; they do not want to destroy them because they feed upon moskitos, which is one of the most troublesome kind of insects.

History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz

Dragon-flies and spiders skated merrily about, eluding the ever-watchful fishes lying in wait amid forests of lacy seaweeds and coral.

The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old Florence Partello Stuart

Dragon-flies are extremely voracious, and are the greatest tyrants of the insect tribe.

Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux

"Dragon-flies live on the best terms with the nation of bees."

The Adventures of Maya the Bee Waldemar Bonsels 1919

Dragon-flies, in numbers, often hover over the columns, darting down at them; Miller could not be certain he had seen them actually seizing the ants, but this was his belief.

V. Up the River of Tapirs 1914

Dragon-flies, three well-known orders of insects respectively called by systematists the Plecoptera, the Ephemeroptera and the Odonata.

The Life-Story of Insects 1902

Dragon-flies wheeling and clashing were the only things at work, except the moor-hens and a big Red Admiral who flapped down out of the sunshine for a drink.

Puck of Pook’s Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900

Dragon-flies and bees may be cited as examples of insects that often fly for two or three miles.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

Dragon-flies, in numbers, often hover over the columns, darting down at them; Miller could not be certain he had seen them actually seizing the ants, but this was his belief.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888