Evolving over 20 million years of isolation, these native damselflies and dragonflies are threatened by habitat loss and introduced predators like mosquito fish. -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Wetlands loss is due to urbanisation and unsustainable agriculture, it says. Now, 16% of dragonflies and damselflies are under threat of extinction. Dragonflies spread north in warming world ...
The North East's dragonfly and damselfly population has bounced back after being hit by extreme weather. A survey by the Durham Wildlife Trust showed the insects thrived in 2019 - 1,296 were ...
a dragonfly expert and author of “Dragonflies and Damselflies of Rhode Island” said during a media briefing on Monday. “These are such important insects in the ecosystem, and they are drop-d ...
had created the optimal habitat for these fascinating insects". "Dragonflies and damselflies are absolutely fascinating insects - their ancestors existed more than 300 million years ago," said Mr ...