Massive swarm migrations of dragonflies (Odonata) in eastern North America

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-342

  Russell, Robert W ^a   May, Michael L ^b   Soltesz, Kenneth L ^c   Fitzpatrick, John W ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Westchester Co Dept Parks R   (United States)

^d 14850 erc25 cornelledu   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAGONFLY; MIGRATION; SWARMING;

(EAST); UNITED STATES;

ANAX JUNIUS; ODONATA;

EID: 0031792870     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0325:MSMODO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (98)

1. ALERSTAM, T. 1978. Reoriented bird migration in coastal areas: dispersal to suitable resting grounds? Oikos, 30:405-408.
2. ARNAUD, P. H., JR. 1972. Mass movement of Sympetrum corruotum [sic] (Hagen) (Odonata: Libellulidae) in central California. Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 48:75-76.
3. BAGG, A.M. 1957. A fall flight of dragon-flies. Maine Field Nat., 13:13-15.
4. _. 1958. Fall emigration of the dragon-fly, Anax junius. Maine Field Nat., 14:2-13.
5. BAUST, J. G., A. H. BENTON AND G. D. AUMANN. 1981. The influence of off-shore platforms on insect dispersal and migration. Bull. Entomol. Soc. Am., 27:23-25.
6. BEATTY, G. H. III. 1946. Dragonflies (Odonata) collected in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 1945. Entomol. News., 57:1-10, 50-56, 76-81, 104-111.
7. BOOMSMA, T. AND S. W. DUNKLE. 1996. Odonata of Belize. Odonatologica, 25:17-29.
8. BORROR, D. J. 1953. A migratory flight of dragonflies. Entomol. News, 64:204-205.
9. BROWN, J. J. 1891. Flights of dragon flies. Insect Life, 3:413-414.
10. BUTLER, T., J. E. PETERSON AND P. S. CORBET. 1975. An exceptionally early and informative arrival of adult Anax junius in Ontario (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Can. Entomol., 107:1253-1254.
11. CALVERT, P. P. 1893. Catalogue of the Odonata (dragonflies) of the vicinity of Philadelphia, with an introduction to the study of this group of insects. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc., 20:152a-272.
12. CORBET, P. S. 1957. The life-history of the emperor dragonfly Anax imperator Leach (Odonata: Aeshnidae). J. Anim. Ecol., 26:1-69.
13. _. 1962. A biology of dragonflies. Witherby, London. 247 p.
14. _. 1979. Pantala flavescens (Fabricius) in New Zealand (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica. 8:115-121.
15. _. 1984. Orientation and reproductive condition of migrating dragonflies (Anisoptera). Odonatologica, 13:81-88.
16. _, AND S. EDA. 1969. Odonata in southern Ontario, Canada, in August 1968. Tombo, 12:4-11.
17. DANNREUTHER, T. 1941. Preliminary note on dragonfly migration. South-East. Nat. Antiquary, 46:63-65.
18. DUMONT, H. J. AND K. DESMET. 1990. TransSahara and transMediterranean migratory activity of Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister) in 1988 and 1989 (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica, 19:181-185.
19. _ AND B. O. N. HINNEKINT. 1973. Mass migration in dragonflies, especially in Libellula quadrimaculata L.: a review, a new ecological approach and a new hypothesis. Odonatologica, 2:1-20.
20. DUNKLE, S. W. 1989. Dragonflies of the Florida Peninsula, Bermuda, and the Bahamas. Scientific Publishers, Gainesville, Florida. 154 p.
21. FRASER, F. C. 1943. A note on the 1941 immigration of Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys) (Odon.). J. Soc. Br. Entomol., 2:133-136.
22. _. 1945. Migration of Odonata. Entomol. Monthly Mag., 81:73-74.
23. GEYR VON SCHWEPPENBURG, H. F. 1963. Zur Terminologie und Theorie der Leitlinie. J. Orn., 104:191-204.
24. GLOTZHOBER, R. C. 1991. Ohio dragonfly survey produces interesting observations: "stinging dragonflies" and migrating swarms. Argia, 3(4):13-14.
25. HAILMAN, J. P. 1962. Direct evidence for trans-Caribbean migratory flights of swallows and dragonflies. Am. Midl. Nat., 68:430-433.
26. HAILS, C. J. 1982. A comparison of tropical and temperate aerial insect abundance. Biotropica, 14:310-313.
27. HUDSON, W. H. 1892. The naturalist in La Plata. Chapman and Hall, London. 388 p.
28. JARAMILLO, A. P. 1993. Wintering Swainson's Hawks in Argentina: food and age segregation. Condor, 95:475-479.
29. KENDEIGH, S. C. 1979. Invertebrate populations of the deciduous forest fluctuations and relations to weather. Ill. Biol. Monogr., 50. Univ. Illinois Press, Urbana. 107 p.
30. KORMONDY, E. J. 1961. Territoriality and dispersal in dragonflies (Odonata). J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc., 69: 42-52.
31. LEAHY, C. W. 1983. An introduction to Massachusetts insects. Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, Mass. 40 p.
32. LICHTENSTEIN, J. L. AND P. GRASSÉ. 1922. Une migration d'Odonates. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr., 1922:160-163.
33. LINDSTRÖM, A. AND T. ALERSTAM. 1986. The adaptive significance of reoriented migration of chaffinches Fringilla coelebs and bramblings F. montifringilla during autumn in southern Sweden. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 19:417-424.
34. LONGFIELD, C. 1948. A vast immigration of dragonflies into the south coast of Co. Cork. Irish Nat. J., 9:133-141.
35. LOWERY, G. H., JR. 1946. Evidence of trans-Gulf migration. Auk., 63:175-211.
36. LUNDBERG, P. 1987. Partial bird migration and evoutionarily stable strategies. J. Theor. Biol., 125:351-360.
37. _. 1988. The evolution of partial migration in birds. Trends Ecol. Evol., 3:172-175.
38. MALCOLM, S. B. AND M. P. ZALUCKI (EDS.). 1993. Biology and conservation of the monarch butterfly. Science Series No. 38, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles. 419 p.
39. MAY, M. L. 1992. Migrating dragonflies in North America. Argia, 4(2):4-8.
40. _. 1993. Interim report on DSA. dragonfly migration project. Argia, 5(1):12-13.
41. _. 1995. Dependence of flight behavior and heat production on air temperature in the green darner dragonfly. Anax junius (Odonata: Aeshnidae). J. Exp. Biol., 198:2385-2392.
42. MCLACHLAN, R. 1896. Oceanic migration of a nearly cosmopolitan dragon-fly (Pantala flavescens, F.). Entomol. Monthly Mag., 7:254.
43. MIKKOLA, K. 1968. Hemianax ephippiger (Burm.) (Odonata) carried to Iceland from the Eastern Mediterranean by an aircurrent? Opusc. Entomol., 33:111-113.
44. MUELLER, H. C. AND D. D. BERGER. 1967. Wind drift, leading lines, and diurnal migration. Wilson Bull., 79:50-63.
45. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. 1992. Daily weather maps. Weekly series: September 7-13, 1992. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Analysis Center, Washington, DC.
46. NISBET, I. C. T. 1960. Notes on the migration of dragonflies in southern Ontario. Can. Field-Nat., 74: 150-153.
47. NORLING, U. 1984. Life history patterns in the northern expansion of dragonflies. Adv. Odonatol., 2: 127-156.
48. OPLER, P. A. 1971. Mass movement of Tarnetrum corruptum (Odonata: Libellulidae). Pan-Pacif. Entomol., 47:223.
49. OSBURN, R. C. 1916. A migratory flight of dragonflies. J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc., 24:90-92.
50. PAULSON, D. R. 1966. The dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) of southern Florida, Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. 603 p.
51. _. 1984. Odonata from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Notul. Odonatol., 2:33-38.
52. PRICE, H. F. 1958. Additional notes on the dragonflies of northwestern Ohio. Ohio J. Sci., 58:50-62.
53. PRITCHARD, G. 1982. Life-history strategies in dragonflies and the colonization of North America by the genus Argia (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Adv. Odonatol., 1:227-241.
54. REICHHOLF, J. 1973. A migration of Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) along the shore of Santa Catarina, Brazil (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Odonatologica, 2:121-124.
55. ROOT, F. M. 1912. Dragon flies collected at Point Pelee and Pelee Island, Ontario, in the summers of 1910 and 1911. Can. Entomol., 44:208-209.
56. RUDOLPH, D. C. AND C. D. FISHER. 1993. Swainson's Hawk predation on dragonflies in Argentina. Wilson Bull., 105:365-366.
57. RUSSELL, R. W. 1994. Explorations in aeolian ecology: radar and visual studies of the aerofauna during the Convection and Precipitation/Electrification (CaPE) Experiment. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California, Irvine. 209 p.
58. _, F. L. CARPENTER, M. A. HIXON AND D. C. PATON. 1994. The impact of variation in stopover habitat quality on migrant Rufous Hummingbirds. Conserv. Biol., 8:483-490.
59. _ AND P. E. LEHMAN. 1994. Spring migration of Pacific Loons through the Southern California Bight: nearshore flights, seasonal timing and distribution at sea. Condor, 96:300-315.
60. _ AND J. W. WILSON. 1996. Aerial plankton detected by radar. Nature, 381: 200-201.
61. _. 1997. Radar-observed "fine lines" in the optically clear boundary layer: reflectivity contributions from aerial plankton and its predators. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 82:235-262.
62. SHANNON, H. J. 1915. Do insects migrate like birds? Harper's Mag., 131:609-618.
63. _. 1916. Insect migrations as related to those of birds. Sci. Mon., 3:227-240.
64. _. 1917. Autumn migrations of butterflies. Am. Mus. J., 17:33-40.
65. _. 1935. The book of the seashore. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Garden City, New York. 281 p.
66. _. 1955. Dragonflies migrate, too. Nature Mag., 48:189-191.
67. SHELLEY, E. AND S. BENZ. 1985. Observations of aerial hunting, food carrying and crop size of migrant raptors, p. 299-301. In: I. Newton and R. D. Chancellor (eds.). Conservation studies on raptors. ICBP Technical Publication No. 5. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.
68. SIBLEY, D. 1993. The birds of Cape May. New Jersey Audubon Society, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. 150 p.
69. SOLTESZ, K. 1991. A survey of the damselflies and dragonflies of Cape May County, New Jersey. Cape May Bird Observatory, Cape May Point, New Jersey. 54 p.
70. _, B. BARBER AND G. CARPENTER. 1995. A spring dragonfly migration in the Northeast. Argia, 7(2):10-14.
71. SONES, J. 1995. Dragonfly flights on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Argia 7:8-10.
72. STONE, W. 1937. Bird studies at Old Cape May, Vol. 1. Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 484 p.
73. SUTTON, C., C. SCHULTZ AND P. KERLINGER. 1991. Autumn raptor migration along New Jersey's Delaware Bayshore: a hawk migration study at East Point, New Jersey. Unpublished report submitted to Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and its Tributaries. Herpetological Associates, Inc., Cape May Court House, New Jersey.
74. SUTTON, P. 1995. (Other) things with wings. Peregrine Observ., 17(2):15-17.
75. _, R. MEYER AND R. STALTER. 1990. The vascular plants of Cape May Point State Park, Cape May County, New Jersey. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 117:294-300.
76. TROTTIER, R. 1966. The emergence and sex ratio of Anax junius Drury (Odonata: Aeshnidae) in Canada. Can. Entomol., 98:794-798.
77. _. 1967. Observations on Pantala flavescens (Fabricius) (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Canada. Can. Field-Nat., 81:231.
78. _. 1971. Effect of temperature on the life-cycle of Anax junius (Odonata: Aeshnidae) in Canada. Can. Entomol., 103:1671-1683.
79. TROWBRIDGE, C. C. 1902. The relation of wind to bird migration. Am. Nat., 36:735-753.
80. TURNER, P. E., JR. 1965. Migration of the dragonfly, Tarnetrum corruptum (Hagen). Pan-Pacif. Entomol., 41:66-67.
81. TUTT, J. W. 1899. Migration and dispersal of insects: dragonflies. Entomol. Ref. J. Var, 11:153-155, 181-183, 213-215, 231-233.
82. URQUHART, F. A. 1960. The monarch butterfly. Univ. Toronto Press, Toronto. 361 p.
83. _ AND N. R. URQUHART. 1979. Aberrant autumnal migration of the eastern population of the monarch butterfly, Danaus p. plexippus (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) as it relates to the occurrence of strong westerly winds. Can. Entomol., 111:1281-1286.
84. VAUGHN, C. R. 1985. Birds and insects as radar targets: a review. Proc. IEEE, 73:205-227.
85. VIVERETTE, C. 1994. The game of hawkwatching. Hawk MT. News, 80:9-19.
86. WAKANA, I. 1959. On the swarm and the migratory flight of Pantala flavescens, an observation in Kawagoe area. Tombo, 1:26-30. (In Japanese with English summary).
87. WALKER, E. M. 1953. The Odonata of Canada and Alaska, Vol. 1. Univ. Toronto Press, Toronto. 292 p.
88. _. 1958. The Odonata of Canada and Alaska, Vol. 2. Univ. Toronto Press, Toronto. 318 p.
89. WALOFF, Z. 1972. Orientation of flying locusts, Schistocerca gregaria (Forsk.), in migrating swarms. Bull. Entomol. Res., 62:1-72.
90. WARD, P. H. 1965. Records of the capture of the dragonfly Aeshna bonariensis Rambur at sea. Entomologist, 98:145-146.
91. WHITE, H. B. III AND R. A. RAFF. 1970. Early spring emergence of Anax junius (Odonata: Aeshnidae) in central Pennsylvania. Can. Entomol., 102:498-499.
92. WIEDNER, D. S., P. KERLINGER, D. A. SIBLEY, P. HOLT, J. HOUGH AND R. CROSSLEY. 1992. Visible morning flight of Neotropical landbird migrants at Cape May, New Jersey. Auk, 109:500-510.
93. WILLIAMS, C. B. 1929. Some records of dragonfly migration. Entomologist, 62:145-148.
94. _. 1930. The migration of butterflies. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. 473 p.
95. _. 1970. The migrations of the Painted Lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui (Nymphalidae), with special reference to North America. J. Lepidop. Soc., 24:157-175.
96. WOJTUSIAK, J. 1974. A dragonfly migration in the High Hindu Rush (Afghanistan), with a note on high altitude records of Aeshna juncea mongolica Bartenev, and Pantala flavescens (Fabricius) (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae, Libellulidae). Odonatologica, 3:137-142.
97. WRIGHT, M. 1945. Dragonflies predaceous on the stablefly Stomoxys calcitrans (L.). Fla. Entomol., 28: 11-13, 31-32.
98. YOUNG, A. M. 1967. The flying season and emergence period of Anax junius in Illinois (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Can. Entomol., 99:886-890.