Longest Insect Migration: 11,000 Miles From the Maldives to Africa and Back!
Posted by Queuebot in World Records on July 16, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Biologist Charles Anderson has uncovered what he believes to be the longest migration route of any insect in the world. He plotted the appearance of the dragonflies known as globe skimmers in the Maldives and deduced that they must fly from Africa!
In Uganda, they appear twice each year in March or April and again in September, while further south in Tanzania and Mozambique they appear in December and January.
That strongly suggest that the dragonflies take advantage of the moving weather systems and monsoon rains to complete an epic migration from southern India to east and southern Africa, and then likely back again, a round trip of 14,000 to 18,000km.
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Dragonfly Macrophotography
Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal on November 30, 2008 at 9:05 am
Dragonflies are beautiful, and even more so close up! Take a look at pictures that illustrate the dragonfly’s anatomy and life cycle. Link -Thanks, RJ Evans!
(image credit: Cessna 206)
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