There are many different types of damselflies, and each looks slightly different. They all arrived in Hawaii millions of years ago. The nymphs, or damselfly larvae, have large jaws that helps them to catch food. The nymphs also have three fan-like gills on their tails. Nymphs start to develop wings that are delicate, small, and colorful. They fly slowly and gracefully after drying their wings.

	Habitat The nymphs live in freshwater. They live in places like streams, pools, banks, edges of waterfalls, wet leaves, forest floors, pockets of water in plants, and sometimes ponds.

Life Cycle Females lay their eggs in streams. The eggs then take a few months before they hatch. The nymphs grow wing buds and skin. The damselfly is milky and yellowish in color. The damselfly takes several days to develop a blue and green color.

	Diet Adult damselflies eat adult midges, mosquitos and gnats.

One year life cycle Damsels mate over water Nymphs are new hatched eggs.