{"id":16678,"date":"2023-11-05T11:47:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T06:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16678"},"modified":"2025-04-04T22:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:03:54","slug":"odonata-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/odonata-species\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Odonata Species?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Odonata Species<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Odonata is an\u00a0insect order consisting\u00a0of\u00a0three groups:\u00a0Anisoptera (which includes\u00a0dragonflies),\u00a0Zygoptera (which includes\u00a0damselflies), and\u00a0Anisozygoptera (a\u00a0relict group represented by only two living species).<\/li>\n<li>It is one of the\u00a0ancient orders of insects.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Odonata is a diverse group, with over\u00a06,000 known species.<\/li>\n<li>Distribution:\n<ul>\n<li>They are\u00a0globally distributed, from\u00a0the\u00a0tropics, where they are most numerous and varied,\u00a0to the boreal forests of Siberia and North America.<\/li>\n<li>They are also\u00a0found throughout the Southern Hemisphere, with the\u00a0exception of Antarctica.<\/li>\n<li>India\u00a0is highly\u00a0diverse, with\u00a0more than 500\u00a0known\u00a0species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Habitat: They are found in a variety of habitats, such as\u00a0freshwater environments\u00a0like ponds, rivers, and lakes, and are\u00a0typically associated with bodies of water during their larval stage.<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>Many characteristics\u00a0distinguish Odonata\u00a0from other groups of insects:\u00a0minute antennae, extremely\u00a0large eyes (filling most of the head),\u00a0two pairs of transparent\u00a0membranous wings\u00a0with many\u00a0small veins, a\u00a0long slender abdomen, and an\u00a0aquatic larval stage (nymph).<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0abdomen\u00a0is almost always\u00a0longer than any of the\u00a0wings.<\/li>\n<li>More than\u00a080% of\u00a0their\u00a0brain is devoted to\u00a0analyzing visual information.<\/li>\n<li>Large,\u00a0active by day, and often\u00a0strikingly coloured, they are\u00a0usually seen flying near water.<\/li>\n<li>Their\u00a0mouths have been adapted for biting, making them efficient hunters.<\/li>\n<li>Adult odonates are\u00a0voracious predators, as\u00a0are the\u00a0aquatic larvae.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about Mudumalai Tiger Reserve:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Location:\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the\u00a0Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu, spread over 321 sq. km. at the\u00a0tri-junction of three states, viz,\u00a0Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.<\/li>\n<li>It lies on the\u00a0Northeastern and Northwestern slopes of the Nilgiri Hills, which are part of the\u00a0Western Ghats.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0part of the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, the first Biosphere Reserve in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It has a\u00a0common boundary with Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (Kerala) on the West,\u00a0Bandipur Tiger Reserve (Karnataka) on the North, the\u00a0Nilgiris North Division on the South and East, and\u00a0Gudalur Forest Division on the South West.<\/li>\n<li>The name Mudumalai means \u201d the ancient hill range\u201d. Indeed, it is as\u00a0old as 65 million years when the Western Ghats were formed.<\/li>\n<li>Terrain: The terrain is\u00a0undulating, with the\u00a0elevation ranging from\u00a0960m to 1266m.<\/li>\n<li>Habitat: A variety of habitats ranging from tropical evergreen forest, moist deciduous forest, moist teak forest, dry teak forest, secondary grasslands,\u00a0and swamps are found here.<\/li>\n<li>Flora:\n<ul>\n<li>It has\u00a0tall grasses, commonly\u00a0referred to as \u201cElephant Grass\u201d,\u00a0bamboo of the giant variety, and valuable\u00a0timber species like Teak, Rosewood, etc.<\/li>\n<li>It has\u00a0wild relatives of cultivated plants: wild rice, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fauna: Includes\u00a0Tiger, Elephant, Indian Gaur, Panther, Sambar, Spotted Deer, Barking Deer, Mouse Deer, Common Langur, Malabar Giant Squirrel, Mangoose, and Hyena, among others.<\/li>\n<li>The recent\u00a0Oscar-winning \u2018Elephant Whisperers\u2019\u00a0was filmed at the Theppakadu Elephant Camp, located\u00a0inside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are boreal forests?<\/h3>\n<p>Boreal forests, or taiga, are the largest land biome on Earth. They are vast, dense forests of coniferous evergreen trees found in the Northern Hemisphere, mainly in high-latitude regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/tamil-nadu\/2023\/nov\/05\/50-odonata-species-identified-on-first-day-of-survey-in-mudumalaitiger-reserve-2630237.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>50 Odonata species identified on first day of survey in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odonata is one of the ancient orders of insects. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}