{"id":16678,"date":"2026-05-10T11:47:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16678"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:14:37","slug":"odonata-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/odonata-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Odonata Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Odonata Species Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the survey recorded 143 odonata species\u201476 dragonflies and 67 damselflies\u2014of which 40 were endemic to the Western Ghats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Odonata Species<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odonata, popularly known as <\/span><b>dragonflies and damselflies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are primarily associated with wetlands and surrounding landscape.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The order Odonata is <\/span><b>one of the ancient groups of insects.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odonata is an insect order consisting of three groups: <\/span><b>Anisoptera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which includes dragonflies), <\/span><b>Zygoptera <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(which includes damselflies), and <\/span><b>Anisozygoptera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a relict group represented by only two living species).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>ancient orders of insects.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are found in a variety of habitats, such as <\/span><b>freshwater environments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like ponds, rivers, and lakes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are globally <\/span><b>distributed, from the tropics,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where they are most numerous and varied, to the boreal forests <\/span><b>of Siberia and North America.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are also found throughout the <\/span><b>Southern Hemisphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the exception of Antarctica.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Odonata Species<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These species consist of <\/span><b>minute antennae, extremely large eyes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (filling most of the head), two pairs of <\/span><b>transparent membranous wings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with many small veins, a long slender abdomen, and an aquatic larval stage (nymph).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The abdomen is almost always longer than any of the wings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 80% of their brain is devoted to analyzing visual information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Behaviour:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Large, active by day, and often strikingly coloured, they are usually seen flying near water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Adult odonates are voracious predators, as are the aquatic larvae.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/survey-records-143-odonata-species-across-western-ghats-highlights-35-shortfall-in-known-diversity\/article70958741.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odonata Species popularly known as dragonflies and damselflies are primarily associated with wetlands and surrounding landscape. 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