Lighthouse News Daily

Breaking Daily News

Monday, January 25, 2021
Log in
  • Headlines
  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • U.S.
  • World
  • Latest News
    • Inflatable Greenhouse Could Be A Food Source In The Outer Space
    • YouTube for Children Being Launched by Google
    • Some Animals Produce Natural Sunscreen to Protect Themselves from Radiation, New Study Shows
    • A New Genetic Map Tracks Down Dog Breeds And Their Evolution
    • Lack Of Sleep Causes Brain Cells To Slow Down
    • Meet Lyuba, the Best-Preserved Baby Mammoth in the World
    • Reports of Great White Shark Spottings Around Wells, Maine
    • Minecraft Adds Hour of Code Designer Tutorial
    • The de Broglie-Bohm Theory Is Back and It’s Surreal
    • Could High Carbon Dioxide Concentration Make Earth Greener?
You are here: Home / Science / Hine’s Emerald Dragonflies Returned To Illinois After Bred In Captivity

Hine’s Emerald Dragonflies Returned To Illinois After Bred In Captivity

July 20, 2015 By Lonnie Davidson Leave a Comment

Email, RSS Follow
20 Hine's Emerald Dragonflies Will be Released in Illinois After Being Bred in Captivity for five years

20 Hine’s Emerald Dragonflies Will be Released in Illinois After Being Bred in Captivity for five years

Hine’s emerald dragonflies, a beautiful species was thought to be almost extinct. Now, 20 captivity born individuals will be released in the wild.

Hine’s emerald dragonflies have been discovered in the state of Ohio a long time ago. Yet, by mid 20th century, the species was believed to be extinct. When a few specimens were found in Des Plaines River Valley in 1988, efforts to enlist it as endangered rendered results in 1995.

Currently, the geographical area where Hine’s emerald dragonflies can still be found comprises Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan and Illinois.

Still, Illinois counts only 320 individuals of the emerald dragonfly. Thus, researchers at the University of South Dakota decided to give the little fellows a helping hand. Previously, they harvested the eggs of an emerald dragonfly captured in Wisconsin.

To make sure Hine’s emerald dragonfly continues thriving, the researchers incubated the eggs under laboratory conditions and took good care of the larvae once they hatched. Now, 20 individuals will be released into a forest preserve found in Illinois after the researchers were breeding them for five years.

As the eggs are laid in the wild, the chances of survival are dim. The team stated that only 10 out of 1,000 eggs survive. Under protected laboratory conditions, the chances of survival improve significantly. 100 to 200 eggs survive and emerald dragonflies reach adulthood.

Kristopher Lah of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and coordinator for endangered species stated that in Illinois, out of more than 1,000 eggs laid in the wild, only 80 to approximately 300 emerald dragonflies larvae survive into adulthood.

So the researchers effort to keep Hine’s emerald dragonfly alive are well worth it. For the team, their beauty is the main trigger.

“It’s something that we value because it’s beautiful or it has some intrinsic value that we just want to protect. A small butterfly doesn’t really have any economic value and probably could go extinct and we’d never even know it. But I think there’s an obligation to our future generations of people that we try to preserve the Earth in at least as good a condition as we found it”,

stated Mike Grimm of Wisconsin’s Nature Conservancy group.

The 20 emerald dragonflies that will be released in Illinois are expected to bring a little diversity in the genetical code. As the genetic composition is identical, the chances of survival get dimmer again.

Photo Credits bugguide.net

Email, RSS Follow

Filed Under: Science

Pages

  • About/Contact
  • AccomplishNow Sandra Rechsteiner | A Journey to Self-Acceptance
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Staff
  • Terms and Conditions

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 17 other subscribers

Apple Posts Best Quarter Ever in Corporate History

January 28, 2015 By Janice Bower Leave a Comment

Fans from all over the world are desperately trying to find out if the bastard of Winterfell is coming back next season.

The Bastard Of Winterfell Is Coming Back

October 4, 2015 By Janice Bower Leave a Comment

Mega Testing End to End Encryption Video Service

January 22, 2015 By David Kellen Leave a Comment

Orange Juice, Grapefruit May Boost Skin Cancer Risk

July 1, 2015 By Martha Goodwin 1 Comment

We want to know exactly how deep Warcraft is compared to some of its competitors.

How Far Has World of Warcraft Fallen?

August 29, 2015 By Martha Goodwin 6 Comments

Final Fantasy: Heavensward is closing in on the MMO king, reaching above 5 million registered accounts in the entire world.

Final Fantasy almost knocks down Warcraft

August 23, 2015 By Martha Goodwin 2 Comments

Man Found Safe after 66 Days Lost at Sea

April 3, 2015 By Renee Johnson Leave a Comment

Justice was served at last in the Colorado cinema gunman case.

Justice Served in the Colorado Gunman Case

August 10, 2015 By Grant Hamersma Leave a Comment

Related Articles

  • Hunterian Museum, where the skeleton of the Irish Giant is kept

    Irish Giant Skeleton Could Be Buried at Sea

    Jun 27, 2018
  • part of a Leonardo Da Vinci painting

    Painted Tile Might be Leonardo Da Vinci’s Earliest Work

    Jun 27, 2018
  • Robert F. Kennedy

    More Details on Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassination Emerge (Study)

    Jun 20, 2018
  • cat and dog

    Dogs Have More Neurons than Cats (Study)

    Jun 18, 2018
  • Stephen Hawking

    Stephen Hawking’s Voice to Be Beamed into Space

    Jun 15, 2018
  • cat's blue eyes

    Why Do Humans See Better Than Other Animals? (Study)

    Jun 7, 2018
  • ice shelf in East Antarctica

    Earthquakes are Happening Beneath East Antarctica’s Ice (Study)

    Jun 6, 2018
  • mother with her baby

    Women’s Voices Drop After Giving Birth (Study)

    Jun 4, 2018
  • human evolution

    Why Do Humans Have Big Brains? Experts Weigh In (Study)

    May 24, 2018
  • Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun with dogs

    Adolf Hitler’s Teeth Confirm He Indeed Died in 1945 (Study)

    May 23, 2018

Categories

  • Business
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • U.S.
  • Uncategorized
  • World

Copyright © 2021 lighthousenewsdaily.com

About | Contact · Staff · Terms and Conditions · Privacy Policy

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more.