{"id":99999,"date":"2026-04-24T13:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=99999"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:56:33","slug":"new-species-of-dragonflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-species-of-dragonflies\/","title":{"rendered":"New Species of Dragonflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>New Species of Dragonflies Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists recently discovered three new species of dragonflies in Northeast India, including one from a forest trail in Assam and two from a remote valley in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About New Species of Dragonflies<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two of the newly described species\u2014the <\/span><b>Clouded Boghawker (Sarasaeschna nuboides) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>Siang Boghawker (Sarasaeschna sigotaayo)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014were observed around a <\/span><b>small, shallow forest pond<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>Arunachal Pradesh\u2019s Siang Valley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where dragonflies were seen flying rapidly and perching close to water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>third species,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Long-tailed Boghawker (Sarasaeschna dosdewaensis),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was discovered in <\/span><b>Assam\u2019s Karimganj district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an area increasingly recognised as an <\/span><b>odonate diversity hotspot.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Dragonflies<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dragonflies are <\/span><b>insects <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>order Odonata.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insects in this group are characterized by <\/span><b>large multifaceted eyes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>two pairs of wings,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and an <\/span><b>elongated body.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <\/span><b>eyes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provide them with <\/span><b>excellent vision<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to their very <\/span><b>unique structure.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dragonfly<\/span><b> eyes have up to 30,000 \u201cfacets\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are <\/span><b>arranged in a way<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that gives them almost<\/span><b> 360-degree vision. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This gives them a huge advantage when hunting for food.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dragonflies are <\/span><b>among the fastest insects known <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and are <\/span><b>voracious predators of flying insects <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as <\/span><b>mosquitoes and flies.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dragonflies<\/span><b> predate dinosaurs by over 100 million years.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are most commonly <\/span><b>found near freshwater habitats<\/b> <b>throughout most of the world.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Damselflies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are a <\/span><b>close relative <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the dragonfly and may easily be confused with the dragonfly. You can<\/span><b> tell them apart in a couple of ways.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Damselflies <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>smaller and more delicate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than dragonflies, and <\/span><b>when they are at rest, damselflies hold their wings straight up and together <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">above their body while the <\/span><b>wings of dragonflies remain horizontal while at rest.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/eastmojo.com\/premium\/2026\/04\/22\/three-dragonfly-species-discovered-in-northeast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three new Species of Dragonflies were discovered from Northeast India, including one from a forest trail in Assam and two from a remote valley in Arunachal Pradesh. 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