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# Dragonflies Are Masters of Flight That Start Life Underwater
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/bugs-that-rule-the-world/extras/dragonflies-are-masters-of-flight-that-start-life-underwater-49fyls/
- Published: 2025-04-25T16:15:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T10:09:10.000Z
- Description: Dragonfly expert Jessica Ware heads to Guyuna to sample dragonfly diversity.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Bugs That Rule the World, #ZZZ_Show_526934c8-17a0-4016-a11b-908740ad6415, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_b1de6c0e-d3b2-4c60-bfb6-1c8eee1512c4, #extra

Dragonfly expert Jessica Ware is on a mission to understand the evolutionary history of dragonflies. Deep in the rainforest of Guyuna, Ware collects dragonflies and damselflies to bring back to her lab. Dragonflies and damselfies are well known for their dazzling beauty and constant presence around freshwater sources, but their early life stage as vicious underwater predators hidden from sight.