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Nature Watch

When Dragons Fly ...

K A Subramanian

K A Subramanian works at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is currently working on the community ecology of stream insects of the Western Ghats and is interested in insect diversity and conservation

A Natural History of Odonata

We have all held them by their wings, made them lift pebbles from our palms, tied their tails to paper flags and watched them fly away, wondering all the while where and how they lived and what they did. I only knew that we called them dragonflies and they were of endless variety, of all shades and colours, with some being nasty biters and others delicate beauties. This is a natural history account of one of the most common types of insect, dragonflies, which usually enter our home at night, buzzing around lights, and nose diving to the floor.

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K A Subramanian
Centre for Ecological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012, India.
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