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An image of a dainty dragonfly balancing on the top of a plant tip.

Many dragonflies have brilliant iridescent or metallic colours produced by structural coloration, making them conspicuous in flight.

They are symbols of courage, strength and happiness in Japan, but seen as sinister in European folklore. Their bright colours and agile flight are admired in the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the prose of H. E. Bates.

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