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| Poster © Roy R. Behrens 2019 |
American Nature-Study Society, The Nature-Study Review. Lancaster PA, November 1918—
The submarine and camouflage have their counterpart in the insect world. Children exploring ponds and creeks for animals for their aquarium circus often find a mud colored monster with an almost uncanny extension jaw. This common dweller below the water is the larva of the dragon fly. When an adult, it earns the name of "Swiftest of winged creatures." Then it is bedecked with flashing sapphire, emerald or garnet. In its nursery in the mud, however, its dress is camouflaged and is the color of the muck in which it awaits its next meal. Children delight in watching it use its extension jaw, which it shoots out to seize unsuspecting prey.
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