Dragonflies, or sibar-sibar, are a group of insects belonging to the order Odonata. Both species rarely stray far from water, where they lay their eggs and spend their immature stages. Their names in local languages ??include papatong (Sd.) (related to pepatung (Mal.)), kinjeng (Jw.), coblang (Jw.), kasasiur (bjn), tjapung, Sansibur (DykNgj), Bungkoloko (Siompu), and Kedie (Sasak Lombok).Dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera) are relatively easy to distinguish from damselflies (suborder Zygoptera). Dragonflies are generally relatively large and perch with their wings open or spread out to the side. Damselflies, on the other hand, are generally small (although some species are quite large), have slender, needle-like abdomens, and perch on windows with their wings closed, held together above their backs.
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