Coenagrionidae, Platyenemididae, Lestidae, Petaluridae and Gomphidae fall into the former, and Calopterygidae, Epiophlebiidae, Cordulegastridae, Aeshnidae, Corduliidae and Libellulidae into the latter. Asiagomphus pryeri Upright type emergence. Anax nigrofasciatus nigrofasciatus Hanging type emergence. The distance of the movement is various among species. An extreme example is the case of a cosmopolitan species, Pantala flavescens , which crosses the ocean from south to Japan.
Adults return to, or seek for, the water when they are mature.
A dults are active and good at flying. The flight of dragonflies is, thus, extremely rapid and straight. In many of Zygoptera and Anisoptera with colored wings such as Rhyothemis , all four wings usually beat in synchrony. Oligoaeschna pryeri belonging to Anisoptera flying by counterstroking. There are many species which form a territory at this time.