Upside down, they resemble a pair of scalesDragonflies have a near-perfect hunting record, successfully grabbing their prey in mid-air 95% of the time: they do this while flying skywards, earthwards, side to side, backwards and upside down. In one experiment, a dragonfly with numbers drawn on its clear wings alights backwards from a reed, legs raised above its head like a person making an offering to God, and scoops up the bug flying behind it. The dragonfly appears to catch its prey both benevolently and malevolently: snatching it and saving it, like a ball or a falling baby.Dragonflies transform from… Source – Full Article https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2021/aug/16/a-dragonfly-weigher-of-souls