Megalagrion pacificum is an endangered damselfly found on Maui. Evolving over 20 million years of isolation, these native damselflies and dragonflies are threatened by habitat loss and introduced ...

In a typical tale of dragons and damsels, a valiant knight hunts and slays his foe and rescues the damsel, and everyone lives happily ever after. Standing at the edge of Anderson Marsh, where the ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - In a race against the “extinction clock,” scientists are reintroducing native damselflies into the wild on Oahu’s North Shore. A small platoon of biologists have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Skimmers are common New Jersey dragonflies. Learn more about these and related damsel flies in Cape May County July 11. Credit: dmallen321/Flickr When it comes to insects, most of the creepy-crawlies ...

Most damselflies prefer sun, but the quirky San Francisco forktail damselfly digs the fog. Most damselflies prefer sunny spots, but the quirky San Francisco forktail damselfly digs the fogginess of ...

Virginia is the President of the Suncoast Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society. She has been a Florida Master Gardener Volunteer since 2001 and a Florida Naturalist since 2009. She enjoys ...

Late summer brings peak season for many of Wisconsin’s dragonfly and damselfly species. Depending upon the species, dragonflies and damselflies have peak flight seasons at different times during ...

July 5 (UPI) --New research suggests damselflies are being harmed by thiacloprid, a common neonicotinoid insecticide used by farmers to kill aphids and whiteflies. When researchers first began testing ...