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Using Dragonflies As Common, Flexible, and Charismatic Subjects for Teaching the Scientific Process
Eastern Illinois University The Keep Faculty Research & Creative Activity Biological Sciences 1-1-2007 Using dragonflies sa common, flexible, and charismatic subjects for teaching the scientific process Paul Switzer Eastern Illinois University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/bio_fac Part of the Behavior and Ethology Commons, Entomology Commons, and the Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons Recommended Citation Switzer, P.V. (2007). Using dragonflies as common, flexible, and charismatic subjects for teaching the scientific process. The American Biology Teacher 69(3): 158-162. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Biological Sciences at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Research & Creative Activity by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. as Common, Flexible & Charismatic Subjects Using forDragonflies Teaching the Scientific Process P AUL V. S WI T ZER See this article with its beautiful images in full color online at: http://www.nabt.org/sites/S1/File/pdf/069-03-0158.pdf. iology laboratories are usually designed around eat other invertebrates in the jar . Adults are a bit more wary, convenientB and available subjects . For example, for animal yet if students avoid sudden movements or approaches, laboratories Daphnia magna, Drosophila melanogaster, frogs, they can get within inches of many common species . rats, and mice are common animals that are relatively easy Capture requires no more exotic equipment than either to obtain, relatively cheap, and consequently lend them- aerial (for adults) or aquatic (for larvae) nets, and adults can selves well to laboratory experimentation . -
Dragonflies and Damselflies Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Dragonflies and Damselflies Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Dragonfly and damselfly at Havasu National Wildlife Refuge There are twenty-five dragonfly and damselfly species listed at the 37,515 acre Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, one of more than 540 refuges throughout the United States. These National Wildlife Refuges are administered by the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. The Fish and Wildlife Service mission is to work with others “to conserve fish and wildlife and their habitat.” General Information Havasu National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 37,515 acres adjacent to the Colorado River. Topock Marsh, Topock Gorge, and the Havasu Wilderness constitute the three major portions of the refuge. Dragonflies, an important Male blue-ringed dancer sedula indicator of water quality, can be found © Dave Welling Photography on the refuge, primarily in Topock Marsh Libellula luctuosa Tramea onusta and Topock Gorge. Dragonflies can be Widow Skimmer Red Saddlebags viewed on the refuge year-round, with hot, sunny days providing some of the L. pulchella Pond Damsels–Dancers (Coenagrionidae) best viewing. Sixty-three dragonfly and Twelve-spotted Skimmer Argia moesta damsel species have been identified in Powdered Dancer Mohave County, Arizona. Visitors are L. saturate encouraged to contact refuge staff with a Flame Skimmer Argia sedula description or photograph, if an unlisted Blue-ringed Dancer species is observed. Pachydiplax longipennis Blue Dasher Enallagma civile Family Familiar Bluet Scientific -
Quick ID Guide Most Common Bluet Found Near Streams
Damselflies (Order Odonata, Suborder Zygoptera) Damsely Fly-By ID Male, © Andrew C; Female, © Greg Schechter; both via Wikimedia Commons © Andrew C via Wikimedia Commons © Carl Strang © Mark Donnelly Blue-Fronted Powdered Familiar Marsh Dancer Dancer Bluet Bluet Blue-Fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis) Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta) Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrium) Small species, found in a variety of still and flowing Similar to A. apicalis. Usually found near flowing Small species, one of the most commonly observed. Almost identical to E. civile, though generally slightly habitats. water. smaller. Males: Primarily light-blue in color. Blue stripe on Males: Primarily blue-black. Abdominal segments Males: Powdery-white thorax and tip of abdomen. thorax. Abdomen has dorsal black spots on Males: Almost indistinguishable from E. civile 8-10 blue. Thorax primarily blue with thin black Thick black shoulder stripe on thorax. segments 3-5. Blue, tear-drop shaped spots behind males. Sometimes slightly more black stripes. Can take on blue-green form. each eye. Cerci are triangular in shape. coloration on abdomen, but not reliably. Females: Pale brown thorax, no distinct stripes. Differentiated by shape of cerci. Females: Brown-olive in color. Abdomen primarily Abdomen black with wide, pale top stripe. Can take Females: Similar in all aspects to males, but are black with narrow pale dorsal stripe. Abdominal multiple color forms. olive or light-brown in color. Females: Similar to E. civile females, but are segment 9 black with tan stripes on sides and top. light-green, not olive, in color. Can take multiple color forms. Stream Eastern Forktail Bluet Common Dragonfly and Damselfly Species of DuPage County © Linda Padera © Carl Strang © Carl Strang Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans) American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana) Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis) Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) Quick ID Guide Most common Bluet found near streams. -
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Biota Neotropica 17(3): e20160310, 2017 www.scielo.br/bn ISSN 1676-0611 (online edition) Inventory Odonates from Bodoquena Plateau: checklist and information about endangered species Ricardo Koroiva1*, Marciel Elio Rodrigues2, Francisco Valente-Neto1 & Fábio de Oliveira Roque1 1Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Cidade Universitária, 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil 2 Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Rod. Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil *Corresponding author: Ricardo Koroiva, e-mail: [email protected] KOROIVA, R., RODRIGUES, M.E., VALENTE-NETO, F., ROQUE, F.O. Odonates from Bodoquena Plateau: checklist and information about endangered species. Biota Neotropica. 17(3): e20160310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676- 0611-BN-2016-0310 Abstract: Here we provide an updated checklist of the odonates from Bodoquena Plateau, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. We registered 111 species from the region. The families with the highest number of species were Libellulidae (50 species), Coenagrionidae (43 species) and Gomphidae (12 species). 35 species are registered in the IUCN Red List species, four being Data Deficient, 29 of Least Concern and two species being in the threatened category. Phyllogomphoides suspectus Belle, 1994 (Odonata: Gomphidae) was registered for the first time in the state. Keywords: Dragonfly, Damselfly, inventory, Cerrado, Brazil Libélulas da Serra da Bodoquena: lista de espécies e informações sobre espécies ameaçadas Resumo: Nós apresentamos um inventário atualizado das espécies de libélulas ocorrentes na Serra da Bodoquena, Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. Nós registramos 111 espécies para a região. As famílias com o maior número de espécies foram Libellulidae (50 espécies), Coenagrionidae (43 espécies) e Gomphidae (12 espécies). -
Prioritizing Odonata for Conservation Action in the Northeastern USA
APPLIED ODONATOLOGY Prioritizing Odonata for conservation action in the northeastern USA Erin L. White1,4, Pamela D. Hunt2,5, Matthew D. Schlesinger1,6, Jeffrey D. Corser1,7, and Phillip G. deMaynadier3,8 1New York Natural Heritage Program, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 625 Broadway 5th Floor, Albany, New York 12233-4757 USA 2Audubon Society of New Hampshire, 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, New Hampshire 03301 USA 3Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 650 State Street, Bangor, Maine 04401 USA Abstract: Odonata are valuable biological indicators of freshwater ecosystem integrity and climate change, and the northeastern USA (Virginia to Maine) is a hotspot of odonate diversity and a region of historical and grow- ing threats to freshwater ecosystems. This duality highlights the urgency of developing a comprehensive conser- vation assessment of the region’s 228 resident odonate species. We offer a prioritization framework modified from NatureServe’s method for assessing conservation status ranks by assigning a single regional vulnerability metric (R-rank) reflecting each species’ degree of relative extinction risk in the northeastern USA. We calculated the R-rank based on 3 rarity factors (range extent, area of occupancy, and habitat specificity), 1 threat factor (vulnerability of occupied habitats), and 1 trend factor (relative change in range size). We combine this R-rank with the degree of endemicity (% of the species’ USA and Canadian range that falls within the region) as a proxy for regional responsibility, thereby deriving a list of species of combined vulnerability and regional management responsibility. Overall, 18% of the region’s odonate fauna is imperiled (R1 and R2), and peatlands, low-gradient streams and seeps, high-gradient headwaters, and larger rivers that harbor a disproportionate number of these species should be considered as priority habitat types for conservation. -
1 Common Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Chicago Region
WEB V ERSION Odonata of Northeastern Illinois, USA 1 Common Dragonflies and Damselflies of the Chicago Region Volunteer Stewardship Network – Chicago Wilderness Produced by: John & Jane Balaban, Jennie Kluse & Robin Foster, with assistance of Laurel Ross and support from the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation. Photos © John & Jane Balaban; [[email protected]] North Branch Restoration Project, with additions by © Thomas Murray (27, 32) and © Vincent Hickey (30). © Environmental & Conservation Programs, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605 USA. [http://www.fmnh.org/chicagoguides/]. Chicago Wilderness Guide #1 version 2 (4/2006) RESOURCES: LIBELLULIDAE - Skimmers Drangonflies of Indiana by J. R. Curry. Large, showy, frequently seen Indiana Academy of Science. 2001. ISBN: 1-883362-11-3 resting on or flying low over Beginner’s Guide to Dragonflies by Nikula and Sones vegetation. Often hunt from a perch with D. and L. Stokes. Little, Brown, and Company. 2002. ISBN: 0-316-81679-5 like Kingbirds. Also includes our Damselflies of the Northeast by E. Lam. Biodiversity smallest dragonflies (Nannothemis Books. 2004. ISBN: 0-9754015-0-5 Damselflies of the North Woods by B. DuBois. and Perithemis) and the ubiquitous Kollath-Stensaas Pub. 2005. ISBN: 0-9673793-7-7 Meadowhawks. http://bugguide.ent.iastate.edu/node/view/191/bgimage 1 Sympetrum rubicundulum / http://cirrusimage.com/dragonflies.htm Ruby Meadowhawk: male and female mating in http://wisconsinbutterflies.org/damselflies/ “wheel” position. 34-38mm 2 Sympetrum obtrusum 3 Sympetrum vicinum 4 Sympetrum semicinctum White-faced Meadowhawk: white face. 32-36mm Yellow-legged Meadowhawk: yellow legs. 30-36mm Band-winged Meadowhawk: half amber wings. 26-38mm Above species are medium-sized and common. -
A Preliminary Investigation of the Arthropod Fauna of Quitobaquito Springs Area, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
COOPERATIVE NATIONAL PARK RESOURCES STUDIES UNIT UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 125 Biological Sciences (East) Bldg. 43 Tucson, Arizona 85721 R. Roy Johnson, Unit Leader National Park Senior Research Scientist TECHNICAL REPORT NO. 23 A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE ARTHROPOD FAUNA OF QUITOBAQUITO SPRINGS AREA, ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA KENNETH J. KINGSLEY, RICHARD A. BAILOWITZ, and ROBERT L. SMITH July 1987 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA National Park Service Project Funds CONTRIBUTION NUMBER CPSU/UA 057/01 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................................................1 Methods............................................................................................................................................1 Results ............................................................................................................................................2 Discussion......................................................................................................................................20 Literature Cited ..............................................................................................................................22 Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................23 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Insects Collected at Quitobaquito Springs ...................................................................3 -
A Revision of the Genus Diastatops and a Study of the Leg Structures of Related Genera Basil Elwood Montgomery Iowa State College
Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1936 A revision of the genus Diastatops and a study of the leg structures of related genera Basil Elwood Montgomery Iowa State College Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Entomology Commons, and the Genetics Commons Recommended Citation Montgomery, Basil Elwood, "A revision of the genus Diastatops and a study of the leg structures of related genera " (1936). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 13727. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/13727 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. -
Redalyc.Odonates from Bodoquena Plateau: Checklist and Information
Biota Neotropica ISSN: 1676-0611 [email protected] Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Brasil Koroiva, Ricardo; Rodrigues, Marciel Elio; Valente-Neto, Francisco; de Oliveira Roque, Fábio Odonates from Bodoquena Plateau: checklist and information about endangered species Biota Neotropica, vol. 17, núm. 3, 2017, pp. 1-8 Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Campinas, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=199152588009 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Biota Neotropica 17(3): e20160310, 2017 ISSN 1676-0611 (online edition) Inventory Odonates from Bodoquena Plateau: checklist and information about endangered species Ricardo Koroiva1*, Marciel Elio Rodrigues2, Francisco Valente-Neto1 & Fábio de Oliveira Roque1 1Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Cidade Universitária, 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil 2 Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Rod. Jorge Amado, km 16, 45662-900, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil *Corresponding author: Ricardo Koroiva, e-mail: [email protected] KOROIVA, R., RODRIGUES, M.E., VALENTE-NETO, F., ROQUE, F.O. Odonates from Bodoquena Plateau: checklist and information about endangered species. Biota Neotropica. 17(3): e20160310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676- 0611-BN-2016-0310 Abstract: Here we provide an updated checklist of the odonates from Bodoquena Plateau, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. We registered 111 species from the region. The families with the highest number of species were Libellulidae (50 species), Coenagrionidae (43 species) and Gomphidae (12 species). -
Perch Selection by Three Cooccurring Species of Celithemis (Odonata: Libellulidae): Testing for a Competitive Hierarchy Among Similar Species
Hindawi Publishing Corporation Psyche Volume 2016, Article ID 9028105, 8 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9028105 Research Article Perch Selection by Three Cooccurring Species of Celithemis (Odonata: Libellulidae): Testing for a Competitive Hierarchy among Similar Species Wade B. Worthen and Parker H. Morrow Biology Department, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29613, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Wade B. Worthen; [email protected] Received 25 April 2016; Revised 12 August 2016; Accepted 28 August 2016 Academic Editor: G. B. Dunphy Copyright © 2016 W. B. Worthen and P. H. Morrow. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In many communities of perching dragonflies (Odonata: Libellulidae), a size-dependent competitive hierarchy creates a positive relationship between male body size and perch height. We tested for this pattern among three similar-sized species: Celithemis elisa, C. fasciata,andC. ornata. Males were caught and photographed from May to July 2015 at Ashmore Heritage Preserve, Greenville County, SC, USA, and perch heights and perch distance to open water were measured. Five indices of body size were measured with ImageJ software: abdomen length, forewing length, hindwing length, area of forewing, and area of hindwing. Celithemis fasciata was significantly larger than the other two species for all five anatomical characters and used perches that were significantly taller and closer to open water than the other species, though these differences changed over the summer. Aggressive interactions between andwithinspeciesweretalliedandcomparedtoexpecteddistributionsbasedonmeanrelativeabundancesderivedfromhourly abundance counts. Patterns of interspecific aggression were also consistent with a size-dependent hierarchy: the large C. -
Odonata (Dragonfly and Damselfly)
DRAGONFLY AND DAMSELFLY SPECIES LIST KINGDOM PHYLUM ORDER ANIMALIA ARTHROPODA ODONATA DAMSELFLIES (ZYGOPTERA) COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES FAMILY ✓ LIST 1 Appalachian Jewelwing Calopteryx angustipennis Calopterygidae 2 Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata Calopterygidae 3 American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana Calopterygidae 4 Smoky Rubyspot Hetaerina titia Calopterygidae 5 Slender Spreadwing Lestes rectangularis Lestidae 6 Swamp Spreadwing Lestes vigilax Lestidae 7 Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis Coenagrionidae 8 Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis Coenagrionidae 9 Powdered Dancer Argia moesta Coenagrionidae 10 Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula Coenagrionidae 11 Dusky Dancer Argia translata Coenagrionidae 12 Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile Coenagrionidae 13 Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans Coenagrionidae 14 Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum Coenagrionidae 15 Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata Coenagrionidae 16 Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita Coenagrionidae DRAGONFLIES (ANISOPTERA) COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES FAMILY ✓ LIST 1 Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa Aeshnidae 2 Common Green Darner Anax junius Aeshnidae DRAGONFLY AND DAMSELFLY SPECIES LIST COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES FAMILY ✓ LIST 3 Springtime Darner Basiaeschna janata Aeshnidae 4 Swamp Darner Epiaeschna heros Aeshnidae 5 Harlequin Darner Gomphaeschna furcillata Aeshnidae 6 Cyrano Darner Nasiaeschna pentacantha Aeshnidae 7 Unicorn Clubtail Arigomphus villosipes Gomphidae 8 Black-shouldered Spinyleg Dromogomphus spinosus Gomphidae 9 Eastern Ringtail Erpetogomphus designatus Gomphidae 10 Spine-crowned -
A Checklist of North American Odonata
A Checklist of North American Odonata Including English Name, Etymology, Type Locality, and Distribution Dennis R. Paulson and Sidney W. Dunkle 2018 Edition A Checklist of North American Odonata Including English Name, Etymology, Type Locality, and Distribution 2018 Edition Dennis R. Paulson1 and Sidney W. Dunkle2 Originally published as Occasional Paper No. 56, Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, June 1999; completely revised March 2009; updated February 2011, February 2012, October 2016, and November 2018. Copyright © 2018 Dennis R. Paulson and Sidney W. Dunkle 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, and 2018 editions published by Jim Johnson Cover photo: Male Hesperagrion heterodoxum, Painted Damsel, from Bear Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, 30 August 2018. Photo by Dennis Paulson. 1 1724 NE 98th Street, Seattle, WA 98115 2 8030 Lakeside Parkway, Apt. 8208, Tucson, AZ 85730 ABSTRACT The checklist includes all 468 species of North American Odonata (Canada and the continental United States) considered valid at this time. For each species the original citation, English name, type locality, etymology of both scientific and English names, and approximate distribution are given. Literature citations for original descriptions of all species are given in the appended list of references. INTRODUCTION We publish this as the most comprehensive checklist Table 1. The families of North American Odonata, of all of the North American Odonata. Muttkowski with number of species. (1910) and Needham and Heywood (1929) are long out of date. The Anisoptera and Zygoptera were cov- Family Genera Species ered by Needham, Westfall, and May (2014) and West- fall and May (2006), respectively. Davies and Tobin Lestidae 2 19 (1984, 1985) listed the world odonate fauna but did Platystictidae 1 1 not include type localities or details of distribution.