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A garden pond on a sunny afternoon is well worth a few minutes spent gazing at or just below the water surface. Around ponds ...
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A new species of damselfly has been discovered in the Wayanad landscape of the Western Ghats. The species, named Euphaea Wayanadensis, was identified after years of research ...
See All Key Ideas The Gambles’s flatwing, a critically endangered damselfly with glittering translucent wings, is so rare scientists estimate there could be as few as 250 left in the wild.
For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different colour forms – one with a male-like appearance ...
This intricate structure of blue rods and red dots is a cross section through the eye of a damselfly. Insects’ compound eyes are structured very differently than the eyes of humans and other mammals, ...
THRISSUR: A group of researchers from the state and outside has discovered a new species of damselfly from Manjadininnavila in Thiruvananthapuram district. Named Agasthyamalai Bambootail ...
This damselfly flew from the pond in my back garden on to a flower nearby. I can’t find out what type it is, can you please help? Brendan O’Donoghue, Co Kildare It is a beautiful jewelwing ...
The two photos were merged in-camera.” A damselfly (Archineura incarnata) perches peacefully on a rock in front of a roaring waterfall in Chinese photographer Yong Miao’s image, which won the ...
A group of researchers have discovered a new species of damselfly in the Wayanad landscape of the Western Ghats, Kerala. Named Euphaea wayanadensis, this species marks Kerala’s 191st recorded ...