{"id":59670,"date":"2025-08-16T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T07:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=59670"},"modified":"2025-08-16T13:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T07:55:20","slug":"konkan-shadowdamsel-and-crimson-shadowdamsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/konkan-shadowdamsel-and-crimson-shadowdamsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Konkan Shadowdamsel and Crimson Shadowdamsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Konkan Shadowdamsel and Crimson Shadowdamsel Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two new species of damselflies named Konkan Shadowdamsel and Crimson Shadowdamsel have been discovered in the Western Ghats by researchers from Maharashtra and Kerala.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Konkan Shadowdamsel and Crimson Shadowdamsel<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are two <\/span><b>new species of damselflies.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species \u2014<\/span><b> Konkan Shadowdamsel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, discovered in <\/span><b>Maharashtra\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s Sindhudurg district, and <\/span><b>Crimson Shadowdamsel, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discovered in <\/span><b>Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Thiruvananthapuram district \u2014 <\/span><b>belong to <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the group commonly called \u2018<\/span><b>Shadowdamsels\u2019 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because of their<\/span><b> affinity for well-shaded forest habitats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Crimson Shadowdamsel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has a <\/span><b>reddish body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><b>Konkan Shadowdamse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">l has a <\/span><b>coffee-brown ground colouration.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Shadowdamsels <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">usually only<\/span><b> thrive in pristine habitats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>small streams.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can act as <\/span><b>indicators of the health of our forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They are<\/span><b> pollution indicators <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of them are <\/span><b>microendemics <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restricted to certain hill ranges within the <\/span><b>Western Ghats.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>What are Damselflies?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are a group of <\/span><b>predatory, aerial insects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are in the order Odonata.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>found mainly near shallow, freshwater habitats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are graceful fliers with <\/span><b>slender bodies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and long, filmy, <\/span><b>net-veined wings.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are generally <\/span><b>smaller, more delicate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>fly weakly in comparison with dragonflies.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/two-new-damselfly-species-discovered-in-western-ghats-of-maharashtra-kerala-101755262125594.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konkan Shadowdamsel and Crimson Shadowdamsel are two new species of damselflies. 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