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The novelist H. E. Bates described the rapid, agile flight of dragonflies in his 1937 nonfiction book [9] Down the River: [10] I saw, once, an endless procession, just over an area of water-lilies, of small sapphire dragonflies, a continuous play of blue gauze over the snowy flowers above the sun-glassy water.
Dragonflies having simple flaps shed the eggs in water, mostly in flight. Dragonflies having ovipositors use them to puncture soft tissues of plants and place the eggs singly in each puncture they make. [32] [34] [35] [36] Dragonfly nymphs vary in form with species, and are loosely classed into claspers, sprawlers, hiders, and burrowers. [17]
Dragonfly in Amber is the second book in the Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon.Centered on time travelling 20th century nurse Claire Randall and her 18th century Scottish Highlander warrior husband Jamie Fraser, the books contain elements of historical fiction, romance, adventure and fantasy. [1]
Do dragonflies symbolize angels? To some folks, dragonflies do specifically embody divine beings, or a heavenly messenger. The expert aviators have four sets of wings rather than two, which move ...
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If on a winter's night a traveler (Italian: Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore) is a 1979 novel by the Italian writer Italo Calvino. The postmodernist narrative, in the form of a frame story, is about the reader trying to read a book called If on a winter's night a traveler. Each chapter is divided into two sections.
Here, 25 of the best classic winter books to read by the fire this winter: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. Italo Calvino's postmodernist novel is a masterfully crafted puzzle.
Native Athenians wore golden grasshopper brooches to symbolize that they were of pure, Athenian lineage and did not have any foreign ancestors. [32] In later times, this custom became seen as a mark of archaism. [32] For some Native American tribes, dragonflies represent swiftness and activity; for the Navajo, they symbolize