A study spread across 144 sites in 5 states covering the Western Ghats has documented 143 species of odonates from the region. These are species of damselflies and dragonflies that are found in this area. However, in the span of two years when the survey was conducted, the researchers could only find 65 percent of […]
A Rare Dragonfly is Photographed by chance After 90 Years
Ravindran Kamatchi and S Gopala Krishnan were out birding in Kallar Garden in Coimbatore when they saw an unusual dragonfly near a stream. The two began clicking photos of the dragonfly enamoured by its bigger than usual size. Later, they posted the pictures on a WhatsApp group ‘Odonates of the Western Ghats’ only to find […]