odonate

Types:

darning needle, devil's darning needle, dragonfly, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder

slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.

damselfly

slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest

Type of:

insect

small air-breathing arthropod