Their wing span is from 2 - 5 inches. Their wings are transparent with net-like patterns of veins. Their abdomens are very long. They come in 2 different colors, white and red. Ten spot dragonflies fly up to 5 feet.
Male dragonflies have claspers on the end of their abdomen.
The female dragonflies lay their eggs in water, mud, and plants. Though she doesn't lay her eggs, she drops them or gently places them where whe wants them to grow. Dragonfly larvae eat larvae of other aquatic insects. When Dragonflies are at their larval stage they can eat small fish. Otherwise, they are totally harmless and quite valuable destroyers of other insects, especially mosquitoes.