Two elegant flying insects are similar enough that they’re confused for one another. I’m talking about the dragonfly and damselfly. Both insects belong to the Odonata order, with damselflies grouped ...

If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by ...

I like this haiku by Jacqui Thewless. It brings to mind the thick, humid air hanging over a reed-choked drainage ditch in mid-July. And hovering above, a damselfly searching, always searching, for the ...

If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by ...

BUTTE CREEK CANYON — Growing up, Roger Lederer was told damselflies could bring good fortune when fishing. “Whenever I went fishing and a damselfly landed on my rod, it was called a lucky bug. So I ...

At this time in August there are insects everywhere outside. But most, although certainly not all, of them get ignored because people generally don’t like insects. There are some, however, that people ...

This week, we’re diving into the nitty-gritty of the life histories of dragonflies and damselflies (members of the taxonomic order Odonata) with a photo that perfectly conveys the mating process used ...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Booth Pond and the land surrounding the small, out-of-the-way body of water could have been swallowed up by urban sprawl or simply abandoned. But land trust volunteers, ...

Dragonflies and damselflies may look alike, but these expert hunters have distinct strategies. Dragonflies and damselflies may look alike, but these expert hunters have distinct strategies.

A male scarlet bluet (left) has grabbed a female (right) by the back of the head and they are now in a position known as “tandem linkage.” PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Credit: STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS This ...