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When Did Dragonflies First Appear?

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When Did Dragonflies First Appear? Dragonflies or “odonates What era did dragonflies first appear? By the Permian Period (290 – 248 million years ago), modern looking dragonflies had evolved. The earliest fossils thought to be true dragonflies date to 250 million years ago. Where do dragon flies come from? Dragonflies hatch from eggs in freshwater,

What Are Dragonfly Related To?

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What Are Dragonfly Related To? Both dragonflies and damselflies What did dragonflies evolve from? Ancestors date from more than 300 million years ago (the Late Carboniferous Epoch) and predate the dinosaurs by nearly 100 million years. Closely resembling present dragonflies, they had already diverged from other orders of winged insects, including their closest living relatives,