When odonate larvae hatch from these eggs they look essentially like adults with no wings. Each time they shed their skin they look a bit more like an adult dragonfly or damselfly. This type of life ...

Evolution predisposes her to resist: She has limited eggs, her reproductive tract can be damaged by repeated copulations, she’s already been inseminated by the mate she chose, and the dragonfly ...

"Eggs are laid by adults either directly into ... out of the water on to vegetation for a final moult when the adult dragonfly or damselfly emerges". As the creatures rely on a watery habitat ...