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DRAGON-FLIES 



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In other species the female, accompanied by the male, 

 enters the water, holding on to submerged plants, 

 and deposits the eggs in convenient places. Several 

 species make incisions into succulent aquatic plants, 

 and lay a single egg in each incision. Diplax is said 

 to lay her eggs in a gelatinous rope. 



