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The Wisconsin Dragonfly Society, which has grown to about 150 members since its 2013 founding, also hosts annual field trips and dragonfly-watching events.
The Worldwide Dragonfly Association (WDA) is an association that aims to advance public education and awareness through the promotion of the study and conservation of dragonflies and damselflies order Odonata and their natural habitats in all parts of the world. [1] [2] The WDA was founded in 1997. [1]
BioBlitz Slovenia 2018 was organised by four NGOs: Societas herpetologica slovenica, the Slovene Dragonfly Society, the Botanical Society of Slovenia, and the Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora. A third BioBlitz Slovenia took place on May 17/18, 2019, in the Lož Karst Field. [44]
This is a small dragonfly, with a length of 30 to 35 mm (1.2 to 1.4 in). The wings are mostly clear but have a small patch of yellowish to orange clouding at the base of each hindwing. Mature males are brownish black on the face and thorax and have a red abdomen, while immature males have a yellow thorax and a yellowish brown abdomen.
The common whitetail or long-tailed skimmer (Plathemis lydia) is a common dragonfly across much of North America, with a striking and unusual appearance.The male's chunky white body (about 5 cm or 2 inches long), combined with the brownish-black bands on its otherwise translucent wings, give it a checkered look.
Sympetrum commixtum, Nepal Sympetrum vicinum mating. Sympetrum is a genus of small to medium-sized skimmer dragonflies, known as darters in the UK and as meadowhawks in North America.
The brown hawker (Aeshna grandis) is a large dragonfly about 73 millimetres (2.9 in) long. It is a distinctive species and is easily recognised, even in flight, by its brown body and bronze wings. At rest, blue spots on the second and third segments of the male's abdomen can be noticed; these are absent in female.
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