The dragonfly fauna of the Smilovska Lakes was investigated during 2022 and 2023 as part of the conservation study "Odorovsko Polje". This research recorded a total of 21 species of dragonflies in the lakes, which, when combined with previous surveys, brings the overall number of species documented at the site to 24. It is important to emphasize the presence of the yellow-spotted emerald (Somatochlora flavomaculata (Vander Linden, 1825)), a species not recorded during the present study but known from earlier publications. Future research on the lakes should focus on obtaining additional data about this species, which is considered rare and threatened in Serbia. Given its conservation status, it would be advisable to consider its inclusion in one of the Annexes of the Regulation on the Proclamation and Protection of Strictly Protected and Protected Wild Species of Plants, Animals and Fungi.
Aca Đurđević (Wed,) studied this question.