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Armageddon redtail
October 4 , 2023
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- A new damselfly species has been discovered in Kerala’s southern Western Ghats.
- Researchers from MIT-World Peace University in Pune has named the insect ‘Armageddon reedtail’ or protosticta armageddonia.
- This name aims to draw attention to the global decline of insect populations due to rampant habitat loss and climate change.
- The term ‘ecological armageddon’ is used to describe the devastating decline of insect populations around the world.
- This phenomenon, also called insect apocalypse, affects entire ecosystems because insects pollinate, cycle nutrients and provide food for other animals.
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