Dragonflies I'm afraid that Dragonflies generally live longer than a day. Even if you only count the time spent as an adult. The nymphs live underwater and can take a number of years to reach maturity. It is not uncommon for adult dragonflies to live 3 weeks and some may occasionally live for up to 7 weeks depending on the local conditions. This one may have been confused with mayflies who are said to only live for one day, the life span may be from a few hours to a few days, once mating has occurred the male dies, once egglaying has occurred the female dies. Due to the short life span the name given to the mayfly group of insects is Ephemeroptera - from the same root as ephemeral.
Regarding Almonds they actually belong to the same genus, (a grouping smaller than a family - several genus make up a family), Prunus, as the peach and the cherry as well. On the family side almonds, peaches and cherries all belong to the family Rosaceae which also includes roses and apples. Sorry if that's too much info, but science is an interest for me and I've picked up a lot of trivia over the years with my various interests Peter To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
