300 million years ago, predatory dragonflies the size of modern seagulls ruled the air. Today dragonflies in the UK have a wing span of up to 5 inches, but fossilised dragonflies have been found with wingspans of up to two feet.
Fascinating fact:
Did you know that nearly all of the dragonfly’s head is the eye? Most insects have multifaceted eyes – house flies for example have roughly 6,000 eye facets giving them a panoramic view of their surroundings but dragonflies are even more impressive with over 30,000 individual facets!
