• Suwaran K Zilpe,
• V.G.Badhe
• S.G.Sadar

ABSTRACT: The present work is aimed to study diversity and abundance of dragonflies of Anjangaon Surji. This study has been carried out for one year from March 2022 to March 2023. We observed Nineteen families of Dragonflies (Order – Odonata) belonging to 4 families and 15 genera. Fifteen genera in family Libellulidae , two species belonging to Gomphidae and only one species belonging to Aeshnidad and Petaluridae family were recorded. Odonates can help to control small insects like mosquitoes and hence their conservation is of importance. Odonata constitute a small, well known order of insects that are widely distributed all over the world. The adults are generally predacious insects and acting as an important bio-control agent of many harmful insects and playing a crucial role in controlling pest populations of agro as well as in the forest ecosystems. Their aquatic larvae constitute a natural biological control over mosquito larvae and thus help to control several epidemic diseases.

Key words: Anjangaon Surji, Dragonflies. Diversity, Odonata

"DRAGONFLY DIVERSITY AROUND ANJANGAON SURJI REGION OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.f831-f835, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309601.pdf

"DRAGONFLY DIVERSITY AROUND ANJANGAON SURJI REGION OF MAHARASHTRA, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppf831-f835, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309601.pdf