Notes
dragonfly トンボ;
golden-ringed dragonfly オニヤンマ（鬼蜻蜓、馬大頭);
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Yesterday, an elementary student found a dead dragonfly by the door of the visitor center where I work. I was surprised because it was about 10 centimeters long. That’s the biggest dragonfly I have ever seen! Someone at the center told me the name in Japanese:”oniyanma.” In English, it is called “golden-ringed dragonfly.” The English name comes from the gold rings that go around the dragonfly’s body, but hardly anyone in English-speaking countries knows this dragonfly. That’s because it only lives in East Asia. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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