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ICO - Colombia August 10-15, 2025

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International Journal of Odonatology
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The program for the upcoming International Congress on Odonatology (ICO) meeting is finally out! Featuring amazing talks and other great content! Link to program in our bio! #ICO2023 #Dragonfly #Damselfly #Conference #Entomology
Counting down to this year’s International Congress on Odonatology 2023 holding in Neapolitan University, Paphos, Cyprus from 25th to 30th June! Thinking of attending? Funding is available for undergrads and graduate students through the WDA
July is “lake appreciation month”! What is your favourite #lake to go ode-ing at ? Photo credit: M.C. Perron #lakeappreciation #scicomm #lakeappreciationmonth #Odonata #dragonfly #bugs
Did you know that some odonates could change their body color? A study by Huang and Reinhard in 2012 showed that Ischnura heterosticta females can make an androchromic color change to avoid sexual harrassments! #dragonfly #damselfly #scicomm #bugs #
Suaréz-Tovar et al. (2022) examined the adaptive role of color as a visual signal to members of same or different species and as protection, looking at ontogenic color change, structural coloration and more! 📸 by @rhemaa.c #dragonfly #scic
At one end of the #rainbow are the large red #damselflies, Pyrrhosoma nymphula. They are found throughout western Europe and found in all kinds of aquatic habitats. Photo by Alexandre Roux (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) - flickr.com/photos/3014227…. #d