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Damselfly is the title of a 2012 novel in the Faeble series by S. L. Naeole [70] and of a 2018 novel by Chandra Prasad. [71] Modern poems with the damselfly as a subject include a 1994 poem by August Kleinzahler, which contains the lines "And that blue there, cobalt / a moment, then iridescent, / fragile as a lady's pin / hovering above the ...
The dainty damselfly was formerly recorded as a breeding species in Britain and had thought to have become locally extinct after the North Sea flood of 1953. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] There was a large viable population in East Anglia , but after the flood many seasons passed by without any sightings of the dainty damselfly leading to the conclusion that ...
Enallagma cyathigerum (common blue damselfly or common bluet) is a species found mainly between latitudes 40°N and 72°N; [2] It is widely distributed in the Palearctic, common in all European countries (including Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, etc.) and in Asia in Turkey, Iran, Russia, and South Korea. [1]
There are two development stages for rubyspot damselflies. The first is the larval stage, which is largely occupied by feeding until sexual maturity is reached. This is then followed by the terrestrial adult stage which is devoted entirely to reproduction. [11] The adult stage of rubyspots has conspicuous sexual dimorphism.
Coenagrionidae is a family of damselflies, also known as pond damselflies, in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera. [2] The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common.
9 Reproduction. 10 Similar species. 11 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... The marsh bluet (Enallagma ebrium) is a damselfly species in the family ...
While most damselflies rest with their wings folded together, most members of the family Lestidae hold them at an angle away from their bodies. The pterostigma (a single dark spot in the meshwork of the leading edge near the tip of each wing) is noticeably elongated.
The Xanthocnemis zealandica life cycle is incomplete metamorphosis, with the three major lifecycle stages consisting of egg, nymph and adult. [ 8 ] Xanthocnemis zealandica has a unique approach to copulation during mid-summer months, consisting of the male and female grasping each other whilst extending their bodies to form a heart-like shape ...