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Why Do Dragonflies Swarm?

A dragonfly hovers among the reeds in France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A dragonfly hovers among the reeds in France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Aquatic insect expert Christine Goforth (@DragonflyWoman2) joins Here & Now‘s Robin Young to talk about swarms of dragonflies in several states that have been so big, they have been spotted on weather radar.

Goforth manages “The DragonflySwarm Project,” a citizen science project at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

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This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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