#hawaiian damselfly

Endangered moth and damselfly species have been rediscovered on Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi after decades without confirmed sightings, offering new hope for two of Hawaiʻi’s imperiled native insects, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Biologists are releasing orange-black Hawaiian damselflies in a spring-fed stream, not far from Dillingham field on O’ahu, in the hopes of saving the species from extinction.

Help is underway at an island pond, where researchers are reintroducing endangered damselflies, in an effort prevent extinction of a native Hawaiian insect.