RF, Dragonflies, Superglue & Eyelash Makeup

The epic journeys taken by dragonflies searching for warmer climates have been revealed by scientists in the US.

This very interesting piece is chronicled here, again courtesy of the BBC. I must say, however, someone shold get Katherine Albrecht on the telly because it's obvious we need a high profile privacy advocate on this case imediately. The right of dragonflies to move about anonymously is being violated left and right here.

The detailed flight path information was made possible by tiny radio transmitters developed by the team... Each transmitter weighed about a third of a gram and had enough battery life to track an individual for 10 days; but tagging such small creatures is far from easy. "The challenge is first catching the dragonfly," said Professor Wilcove. Once caught, each transmitter was attached with a couple of drops of superglue and some eye-lash adhesive.