Dragonfly (investing): a practitioner of minuting (a minuteer) adhering to the Dragonfly Regime. dragonfly (insect): a flying insect that lives as an ambush predator. A dragonfly attacks from behind and below, so that its prey remains unaware of its impending doom. A dragonfly can selectively focus on a single prey amid a fluttering cloud of other insects. A dragonfly tracks its target, constantly calculating intercept trajectory while adjusting for changes. It has a mental model of its body flying through geometric space to precisely rotate and align with its prey’s flight path. At the end of the chase, the dragonfly makes a basket out of its legs and the prey drops into it. “Dragonflies on the hunt perform internal calculations every bit as complex as those of a ballet dancer,” said American zoologist Anthony Leonardo.