This alien-looking dragonfly is in fact unrelated to the dragonflies but belongs to the family of Antlions of the Owlfly family of the Order Neuroptera. At a glance, they look like dragonflies but have two long lobed antennae and when they are at rest, their wings are folded differently. Their larvae are predacious and are hiden at the bottom of a sand pit with gaping jaws waiting for their next meal to pass (probably the inspiration for many science fictions)...
This rather small one was attracted to my porch light and landed on the wall...
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