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Tag: Odonata

BDInsight/News

BDInsight – July 2021

Posted on 02/08/2021 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

During the most recent BDI Citizen Scientist Hour, Les Underhill gave a talk on the current status of OdonataMAP, the Atlas of African Dragonflies and Damselfli...

Ceriagrion/Coenagrionidae/Distributions/Odonata/OdonataMAp

Common Citril (Ceriagrion glabrum)

Posted on 11/05/2020 by Dragonfly Atlas: Megan Loftie-Eaton, Ryan Tippett, Rene Navarro & Les Underhill

Cover photo by Diana Russell. Find the Common Citril in the FBIS database (Freshwater Biodiversity Information System) here. Family Coenagrionidae Identificatio...

BDInsight/Biodiversity/BirdPix/Citizen Science/Karoo/MammalMAP/News/OdonataMAP/Virtual Museum

BDInsight – September 2019

Posted on 04/10/2019 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

September flew by! Where is the year going? We hope you are all enjoying the Spring weather and getting ready for a great Summer of biodiversity explorations an...

Biodiversity/Citizen Science/OdonataMAP/Virtual Museum

First draft of new generation maps for dragonflies and damselflies

Posted on 19/09/2019 by Les Underhill

The map below shows coverage for OdonataMAP. There are records for only 1,101 of the 2,014 grid cells of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. That’s a lit...

Archive/Biodiversity/Citizen Science/News/OdonataMAP/Virtual Museum

There Be Dragons…

Posted on 09/09/2019 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

Dragons do exist, and they’ve been around for over 300 million years! They might not breathe fire, but they do have six legs, four wings, and extremely keen eye...

Biodiversity Observations/Citizen Science

OdonataMAP progress report

Posted on 14/11/2018 by admin

Loftie-Eaton M, Underhill LG, and Navarro R. 2018. OdonataMAP – Progress report on the Atlas of the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Africa – 2016/17 ...

Barbet Percher - Photo credit: Craig Peter
Biodiversity Observations/Citizen Science

Odonata of the Kruger National Park

Posted on 13/11/2018 by admin

Underhill LG, Loftie-Eaton M and Navarro R. 2018. Odonata of the Kruger National Park. Biodiversity Observations 9.11:1-16 Biodiversity Observations is an open ...

Biodiversity Observations

Odonata of the Western Cape

Posted on 06/09/2018 by admin

Underhill LG, Loftie-Eaton M and Navarro R. 2018. Dragonflies and damselflies of the Western Cape – OdonataMAP report, August 2018. Biodiversity Observati...

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