Blue damselflies, that’s what they are, just blue damselflies. That’s accurate enough, for now. I shot a photo of a few little damselflies I took to be common blues, but it turns out that I “bluet” on ...

BUTTE CREEK CANYON — Growing up, Roger Lederer was told damselflies could bring good fortune when fishing. “Whenever I went fishing and a damselfly landed on my rod, it was called a lucky bug. So I ...

If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by ...

Summer means even more warmer weather and the potential increase in mosquito activity. Dragonflies to the rescue, experts say. Mosquito season begins in March or April and could go into October, ...

Bird, butterfly and dragonfly numbers soar at flagship rewilding project - A 20-year ecological review at Knepp Estate in ...

If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by ...

At this time in August there are insects everywhere outside. But most, although certainly not all, of them get ignored because people generally don’t like insects. There are some, however, that people ...

I like this haiku by Jacqui Thewless. It brings to mind the thick, humid air hanging over a reed-choked drainage ditch in mid-July. And hovering above, a damselfly searching, always searching, for the ...