Trapeze artist Though dragonflies now share the Earth with humans, they entered the world stage way back in the warm and humid Jurassic era. This is why the more than 5,000 species of dragonfly in existence today are mainly concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions, and why little Taiwan is home to 145 dragonfly species.
今天飛翔於人們生活周遭的蜻蜓，在溫暖潮濕的侏儸紀時代登上地球舞台，這也是今天五千多種蜻蜓多集中熱帶、亞熱帶，蕞爾小島台灣得以有一百四十五種蜻蜓翩翩飛翔的原因。