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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 ...
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.
The male black-winged damselfly provides a striking example of an adaptation to sperm competition. Female black-winged damselflies are known to mate with several males over the span of only a few hours and therefore possess a receptacle known as a spermatheca which stores the sperm. During the process of mating the male damselfly will pump his ...
Damselfly nymphs are aquatic, and prey on small aquatic insects or other aquatic larvae. A male can try to interfere with a mating pair, by attaching itself to the mating male. The females always lay their eggs on the floating parts of the plants without any involvement of the male.
The marsh bluet (Enallagma ebrium) is a damselfly species in the family Coenagrionidae. Description ... Reproduction. In wheel position.
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.
The great red damselfly is often the first damselfly to emerge, usually in April or May. Adults can be found until September, according to locality. [4] Immature adults mature in about two weeks. Mating occurs in vegetation. [6] The female during the laying of eggs is accompanied by the male, [6] she immerses into the water only the abdomen ...