[Odonata-l] Dragonfly color research

[June Tveekrem]

Melissa,

There is an article about color in dragonflies published in 2004:

Richard O. Prum, Jeff A. Cole and Rodolfo H. Torres, "Blue 
integumentary structural colours in dragonflies (Odonata) are not
produced by incoherent Tyndall scattering", The Journal of 
Experimental Biology 207, 3999-4009 (2004)

I have a PDF file of this article which I could send to you, if you 
can't find the journal.

June Tveekrem
Columbia, Maryland
Damselfly AT toadmail DOT com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Melissa Vernon [mailto:melv829 at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 5:06 PM
> Subject: Dragonfly Research
> 

> Greetings,
> 
> My name is Melissa Vernon and I am an undergraduate student at Life 
> University in Atlanta, Georgia.  I am currently finishing my last 
> semester to complete my BA in Biology.  For my final presentation I have 
> chosen the dragonfly with emphasis on its colors and why these colors 
> exist.  Could you provide research on this?  I haven't had much luck on 
> finding research specifically pertaining to their colors.
> 
> Any info you could provide would be wonderful! 
> 
> I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Melissa Vernon