Upon arriving in Summer, Pixel is snatched and taken away by a giant dragonfly.

The 3 are the giant dragonflies, a type of larva, and the aquatic swampcrawler babies.

The pod drifted down the moonpath like a giant dragonfly poised on the water.

Here, too, they saw the first sign of active life in the valley: a flight of giant dragonflies skimming over the water.

To Jan's earth-trained eye it resembled a giant blue dragonfly.

Two giant red dragonflies with six-foot wingspans hummed past them.

There are giant dragonflies too, and other wonders-the world is not without beauty.

Any minute now the giant dragonfly would swoop down to the rescue.

Hutch knew what hers had been, but she talked instead about the giant dragonflies.

Several other species are mentioned and the giant dragonfly, Meganeura, appears in the middle of the story.