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Rare dragonfly 'rediscovered' after 87 years


Rare dragonfly ‘rediscovered’ after 87 years
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Amateur enthusiasts shared pictures of the insects they had been documenting in the Western Ghats.
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Amateur enthusiasts shared pictures of the insects they had been documenting in the Western Ghats.
A dragonfly,
Anaciaeschna martini, commonly known as Martin’s Duskhawker, has been ‘rediscovered’ in the Nilgiris after 87 years.
The rediscovery of the species was published recently in the
Journal of Threatened Taxa, titled ‘Rediscovery of Martin’s Duskhawker from Western Ghats, Peninsular India, with notes on its current distribution and oviposition behaviour.’
Interestingly, the record of this dragonfly in the Nilgiris could have gone completely unnoticed, if not for amateur enthusiasts sharing pictures of the insects they had been documenting in the Western Ghats. Manoj Sethumadhavan, a trustee from the Wynter-Blyth Association, a group of enthus ....

Western Ghats , Tamil Nadu , Sri Lanka , Baiju Kochunarayanan , Kalesh Sadasivan , Martin Duskhawker , Manoj Sethumadhavan , Wynter Blyth Association , Travancore Natural History Society In Thiruvananthapuram , Threatened Taxa , Peninsular India , Travancore Natural History Society , மேற்கு காட்ஸ் , தமிழ் நாடு , ஸ்ரீ லங்கா , விண்தேர் பிலித் சங்கம் , திருவிதாங்கூர் இயற்கை வரலாறு சமூகம் இல் திருவனந்தபுரம் , தீபகற்பம் இந்தியா , திருவிதாங்கூர் இயற்கை வரலாறு சமூகம் ,