Talk:Uropetala carovei

Commercial photos
I reverted the inclusion of an external link to what appears to be a commercial site - the photos are for sale. Kahuroa (talk) 05:22, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Taxonomy - conflicts in year of description by White
There are conflicting years given in sources for the year of the first description by White. These sources say 1846:,. These sources say 1843:,. Marshelec (talk) 20:11, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Use of the term "naiad"
Several recent reliable sources use the term "naiad" in describing the immature form eg and However, the article Nymph (biology) says that the term is no longer in favour, and cites a 2016 paper from Systematic Entomology.. I am unclear. Marshelec (talk) 22:03, 10 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Naiad is perfectly acceptable in the context of odonates. Have responded here - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3AWikiProject_Insects&diff=1141107082&oldid=1141104958 ~ Shyamal (talk) 11:16, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Dragonflies at Zealandia
I attended a talk on dragonflies and damselfiles given by Ruary Mackenzie Dodds, and his collaborator Kari de Koenigswarter at Zealandia on 17 March 2023. The talk included a report on detailed observations of a colony of bush giant dragonfly larvae on a hillside above Eastbourne including video of larvae capturing small prey from the openings of their burrows. There is apparently a book in preparation that may provide a useful source of reference for future expansion of this article. Marshelec (talk) 19:13, 17 March 2023 (UTC)