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Published online 5 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030602-10

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Dragonfly flight tricks the eye

Insects' stealth tactic gains dogfight dominance.

It sounds like a trick better suited to military aircraft. Dragonflies can fly without appearing to move at all.

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