Odonatology (DRAGONFLIES) with Dr. Jessica Ware
Image description: Dr. Jessica Ware examines a preserved dragonfly from a collection of additional specimens in a wooden display case. She has dark shoulder-length curly hair, deep magenta painted nails, and wears silver jewelry with a navy and white polka dotted blouse.
They’re acrobatic fliers with long bodies and veined wings and their babies breathe through their butts: dragonflies. Let’s get into the difference between a damselfly and dragonfly, how fast they dart around, how big they were in the age of the dinosaurs, sci-fi aviation inspiration, mating choreography, attracting them to your yard (maybe to eat them) and lots more with scholar, American Museum of Natural History curator, and dragonfly expert: Dr. Jessica Ware.
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A donation went to the World Dragonfly Association
Links to things we discussed:
American Museum of Natural History
Jessica Ware: Division Chair of Invertebrate Zoology | AMNH
VIDEO: Where in the World do Dragonflies Live? with Entomologist Jessica Ware
Griffinflies: The earliest flying insects | Natural History Museum
The Largest Insect Ever Existed was a Giant Dragonfly – Meganeura
Genus Megaloprepus · iNaturalist
The Naming of Nature - Dragonflies and Damselflies (ordonata)
BOOK: Insect Mythology by Gene Kritsky of Cicadology (CICADAS)
Butt breathing: The bimodal gas exchange strategies of dragonfly nymphs across development
Molecular mechanisms underlying metamorphosis in the most-ancestral winged insect - PubMed
5,485+ Dragonfly Tattoo Ideas in 2024 - BlackInk AI
A tribute to Michael L. May | Organisms Diversity & Evolution
Sexual Dimorphism in Odonata: Age, Size, and Sex Ratio at Emergence
VIDEO: Why do Dragonflies Change Colors?
Male Dragonflies Color Shift via Simple Chemical Reaction | Scientific American
Animal Sex: How Dragonflies and Damselflies Do It | Live Science
VIDEO: Daya eats a dragonfly on RuPaul's Drag Race
Edible dragonflies and damselflies (order Odonata) as human food – A comprehensive review
Aerodynamics of Dragonfly Flight and Robotic Design
Dragonfly eyes see the world in ultra-multicolour | New Scientist
Faking death to avoid male coercion: extreme sexual conflict resolution in a dragonfly
(PDF) Insect Myths: An Interdisciplinary Approach Fostering Active Learning
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