Lacking "commercial value," in the past dragonflies were researched far less than some of Taiwan's other common insects such as butterflies, bees or beetles. Only recently have people begun to make an effort to tell the natural history of the dragonfly.
過去，台灣野外常見的昆蟲裡，蜻蜓由於缺乏「商業價值」，人們對牠的研究遠遠不及蝴蝶、蜜蜂與甲蟲，直到最近才有人努力為蜻蜓「立傳」。