dragonfly A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threat ...

is a flying insect of the order Odonata. Dragonfly or DragonFly may also refer to:

Aircraft

* Boeing X-50 Dragonfly, an unmanned aerial surveillance vehicle designed by the U.S. military *

Cessna A-37 Dragonfly The Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, or Super Tweet, is a jet-powered, light attack aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Cessna. It was developed during the Vietnam War in response to military interest in new counter-i ...

, a US attack aircraft *

Castiglioni Dragon Fly 333 __NOTOC__ The Dragon Fly 333 is an ultralight utility helicopter developed by archaeologists and filmmakers Angelo Castiglioni, Angelo and Alfredo Castiglioni in the 1990s. France, French UAV manufacturer CAC Systèmes created a drone version nam ...

(Dragon Fly 333), an Italian helicopter *

DF Helicopters DF334 The DF Helicopters DF334 is a two-seat, single-engine light utility helicopter in development by Dragon Fly Helicopters in Northern Italy. The DF 334 is a development of the Dragon Fly 333, developed by archaeologists and filmmakers Angelo ...

(Dragon Fly 334), an Italian helicopter *

De Havilland Dragonfly The de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly is a 1930s United Kingdom, British twin-engined luxury touring biplane built by the de Havilland, de Havilland Aircraft Company at Hatfield Aerodrome. Development The Dragonfly shares a clear family resemblanc ...

, a British aircraft *

Dornier Do 12 The Dornier Do 12 ''Libelle'' III ("Dragonfly III") was the third of a line of small German flying boats of the 1930s. It started with the Dornier A Libelle I and the Dornier A Libelle II, though the Do 12 was not a continuation, but an entire ...

''Libelle III'' (''Dragonfly III''), a German flying boat *

Dragonfly (G.I. Joe) ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' (also known as Action Force in Finland, Sweden and the UK) is a military-themed line of action figures and toys in Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise. The toyline lasted from 1982 to 1994, producing well over 500 fig ...

, a fictional make of helicopter in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline * Flylight Dragonfly, a British ultralight trike design *

FlyTech Dragonfly The Flytech Dragonfly is a remote-controlled flying toy manufactured by WowWee. The Dragonfly has been incorrectly billed as the world's first commercially available RC ornithopter (flapping wing aircraft). It was actually preceded by several othe ...

, a remote-controlled flying toy ornithopter * Glasflügel ''Libelle'', a glider, German for dragonfly * Moyes Dragonfly, an Australian ultralight aircraft * Prestwick ''Dragonfly'' MPA Mk 1, a 1970s United Kingdom human-powered aircraft *

Sikorsky H-5 The Sikorsky H-5 (initially designated R-5 and also known by company designations S-48, S-51 and VS-327Fitzsimons, Bernard, (general editor). ''Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare'' (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 20, p ...

, a US helicopter sometimes called ''Dragonfly'' **

Westland Dragonfly The Westland WS-51 Dragonfly helicopter was built by Westland Aircraft and was an Anglicised licence-built version of the American Sikorsky H-5, Sikorsky S-51. Design and development On 19 January 1947 an agreement was signed between Westlan ...

, the UK version of the Sikorsky H-5 *

Viking Dragonfly The Viking Dragonfly is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed by Bob Walters and produced by Viking Aircraft LLC of Elkhorn, Wisconsin. The aircraft is supplied as a kit or as plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - ...

, an experimental equal-area canard airplane

Spacecraft

* Dragon 2 ''DragonFly'', a prototype reusable spacecraft by SpaceX * ''Dragonfly'' (Titan space probe), a planned NASA rotorcraft and lander for a mission to Titan *

Project Dragonfly (space study) Project Dragonfly is the first conceptual design study that assesses the feasibility of a laser-propelled interstellar probe, conducted by the Initiative for Interstellar Studies.Leonard David, "Pushing the Boundaries: Initiative for Interstell ...

, a conceptual design study for a laser-propelled interstellar probe

Computing

DragonFly BSD DragonFly BSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system forked from FreeBSD 4.8. Matthew Dillon, an Amiga developer in the late 1980s and early 1990s and FreeBSD developer between 1994 and 2003, began working on DragonFly BSD in ...

, an operating system *

Opera Dragonfly Opera Dragonfly is a web development tool that was integrated into the Opera web browser from Opera versions 9.5 through 12.18, similar to Firebug and development tools built into Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. It supports debugging JavaS ...

, a web developer tool integrated in the Opera browser *

Dragonfly (search engine) The Dragonfly project was an Internet search engine prototype created by Google that was designed to be compatible with China's state censorship provisions. The public learned of Dragonfly's existence in August 2018, when ''The Intercept'' leak ...

, a prototype * Dragonfly+, an InfiniBand network topology; for example see

National Computational Infrastructure The National Computational Infrastructure (NCI or NCI Australia) is a high-performance computing and data services facility, located at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The NCI is supported by ...

Film and television

* ''Dragonfly'' (1976 film) or ''One Summer Love'', a romantic drama starring Beau Bridges and Susan Sarandon * ''

The Man from Hong Kong ''The Man from Hong Kong'' (), originally released in the US as ''The Dragon Flies'', is a 1975 action film written and directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith in his directorial debut and starring Jimmy Wang Yu and George Lazenby, with Hugh Ke ...

'' (US title ''The Dragon Flies''), a 1975 action film * ''Dragonfly'' (2001 film), by Marius Holst * ''Dragonfly'' (2002 film), directed by Tom Shadyac * ''Dragonflies'' (film), a 2022 Spanish drama film

Literature

* ''Dragonfly'' (Durbin novel), a 1999 novel by Frederic S. Durbin * ''Dragonfly'' (Koontz novel), a 1975 novel by Dean Koontz * '' Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir'', a book by Bryan Burrough * "Dragonfly", a short story in ''

Tales from Earthsea ''Tales from Earthsea'' is a collection of fantasy stories and essays by American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Harcourt in 2001. It serves as an accompaniment to the five novels (1968 to 2001) of the Earthsea cycle, all set in the fi ...

'' by Ursula K. Le Guin

Fictional characters

Dragonfly (AC Comics) Dragonfly is a fictional comic book superheroine. Created by Rik Levins, she debuted in ''Americomics'' #4 (October 1983) and starred in her own self-titled series. Publication history After a one-page advertising insert that appeared in ''Amer ...

, a superheroine *

Dragonfly (Marvel Comics) Emmanuel da Costa Emmanuel da Costa is a fictional character appearing in American comic book published by Marvel Comics. Emmanuel da Costa is an Afro-Brazilian businessman and the father of Sunspot (Marvel Comics), Roberto da Costa. Dagger ...

, a supervillainess * Dragonfly, main protagonist from

Superhero Movie ''Superhero Movie'' is a 2008 American superhero parody film written and directed by Craig Mazin, produced by Robert K. Weiss and David Zucker, and starring Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald, Kevin Hart, Brent Spiner, Jeffrey Ta ...

Music

Dragonfly (band) Dragonfly is the group which represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to t ...

, from Croatia * Dragonfly, a female singer featured on Bob Sinclar's 2012 song " Rock the Boat"

Albums

* ''Dragonfly'' (Ego Likeness album) * ''Dragonfly'' (Jimmy Giuffre album) * ''Dragonfly'' (Kasey Chambers album), 2017 * ''Dragonfly'' (Masami Okui album) * ''Dragonfly'' (Strawbs album), also the title song * ''Dragonfly'' (Ziggy Marley album), also the title song * ''Dragon Fly'' (album), by Jefferson Starship

Songs

* "Dragonfly" (Fleetwood Mac song) * "Dragonfly" (Hitomi Shimatani song) * "Dragonfly", by a-ha from ''

Lifelines LifeLines is a free open-source genealogy software tool to assist family history research. LifeLines primary strengths are its powerful scripting language and the ability to easily import and export information in the GEDCOM format. It was the ...

'' * "Dragonfly", by Trey Anastasio from '' Bar 17'' * "Dragonfly", by Blondie from '' The Hunter'' * "Dragonfly", by Cherona from '' Sound of Cherona'' * "Dragonfly", by Clutch from ''

The Elephant Riders ''The Elephant Riders'' is the third full-length album by the band Clutch, released April 14, 1998, on Columbia Records, the only album Clutch made for the label. Recording and release It was produced by Jack Douglas (whose other credits inc ...

'' * "Dragonfly", by Edguy from ''

Tinnitus Sanctus ''Tinnitus Sanctus'' is the eighth studio album by German heavy/power metal band Edguy, released on 14 November 2008 on Nuclear Blast. This album combines progressive-oriented hard rock heard on their previous album ''Rocket Ride'' with elements ...

'' * "Dragonfly", by Mahogany Rush from '' Mahogany Rush IV'' * "Dragonfly", by Yngwie Malmsteen from '' Fire and Ice'' * "Dragonfly", by The Nolans from '' Altogether'' * "Dragonfly", by Pentangle from '' Open The Door'' * "Dragonfly", by Shaman's Harvest from '' Shine'' * "Dragonfly", by Red House Painters from ''

Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) ''Red House Painters'' is the second album by American band Red House Painters, released on May 24, 1993 by 4AD. The album is often referred to as ''Rollercoaster'' or ''Red House Painters I'' to distinguish it from the band's second eponymous al ...

'' * "Dragonfly", by

SMiLE.dk Smile.dk (sometimes written SMiLE.dk or Smile-dk, pronounced ''Smile D-K'') or Smile is a Swedish Eurodance group with Veronica Almqvist as the only current member. The band is known for several songs featured in music video games, such as ''Da ...

from ''Future Girls'' * "Dragonfly", by

Caligula's Horse Caligula's Horse is an Australian progressive metal band from Brisbane, Queensland. The band was formed by Sam Vallen and Jim Grey in early 2011. The current lineup consists of lead vocalist Jim Grey, lead guitarist Sam Vallen, bassist Dale P ...

from ''Bloom''

Other uses

Dragonfly (chess variant) Dragonfly (also known as Shuttle Chess or Bird Chess) is a chess variant invented by Christian Freeling in 1983. There are no queens, and a captured bishop, knight, or rook becomes the property of the capturer, who may play it as their own on ...

, a chess variant invented by Christian Freeling * Dragonfly (company), a South Korean video game developer * Dragonfly Creek, a stream in the Presidio of San Francisco, California, U.S. *

Dragonfly Telephoto Array The Dragonfly Telephoto Array is a ground-based optical telescope array developed at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics of the University of Toronto in Canada. The array uses a combination of telephoto lenses to observe extragalact ...

, a telescope array that uses a combination of telephoto lenses *

Dragonfly Trimarans Dragonfly Trimarans is a line of trimaran sailboats built by the Quorning Boats shipyard in Skærbæk, near Fredericia, Denmark. The trimarans produced by this shipyard are characterized by a folding technology denominated "SwingWing". This allows ...

, a line of trimarans built in Denmark * ''Pilotwings'' (video game), a 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game, known as ''Dragonfly'' during development * SS ''Dragonfly'' (1883–1889), a British cargo steamship * ''The Dragonfly'', a short ballet by

Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlovna Pavlova. (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, but is most recognized for creating ...

DragonFLY A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of dragonflies are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threat ...

, a serotonin receptor agonist and possible psychedelic drug