Neatorama » dragonfly http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Longest Insect Migration: 11,000 Miles From the Maldives to Africa and Back! http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/16/longest-insect-migration-11000-miles-from-the-maldives-to-africa-and-back/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/16/longest-insect-migration-11000-miles-from-the-maldives-to-africa-and-back/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:36:53 +0000 Queuebot http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/16/longest-insect-migration-11000-miles-from-the-maldives-to-africa-and-back/

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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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by healthylivinggal83.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/16/longest-insect-migration-11000-miles-from-the-maldives-to-africa-and-back/feed/ 1 Dragonfly Macrophotography http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/30/dragonfly-macrophotography/ http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/30/dragonfly-macrophotography/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:05:45 +0000 Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21160

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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