For this odonate of the week, we are going to be a (fairly easy) game of spot the difference:
Category: Odonates
Odonate of the week: Anax imperator
This week’s odonate of the week is a big girl…
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Odonate of the week: Pseudolestes mirabilis
I have neglected your odonate-related needs, faithful reader(s?)! Behold, your odonate of the week. I picked an interesting one to make up for my silence.
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Odonate of the week: Libellula pulchella
This week’s odonate of the week is Libellula pulchella, the twelve-spotted skimmer.
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Dragonflies vs. damselflies
So, I get asked all the time “what’s the difference between dragonflies and damselflies?” Here is my response:
Odonate of the week: Pyrrhosoma nymphula
This week’s odonate of the week is Pyrrhosoma nymphula, the large red damselfly (we call a spade a spade in the UK…). The male is the first photo (note the small, black genital claspers at the tip of the abdomen) and the female is the second photo (note the rounded tip to the abdomen with the short ovipositor projecting from the tip).
Odonate of the week: Sympetrum obtrusum
This week’s odonate of the week is Sympetrum obtrusum, the white-faced meadowhawk.
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Odonate of the week: Coenagrion puella
This week’s odonate of the week is Coenagrion puella. This is a European species that is very close to my heart. I worked on it during my PhD at the University of Liverpool and it has treated me well by producing some nice publications over the years.
Odonate of the week: Celithemis eponina
I have accumulated a few photos of dragonflies and damselflies over the past few years and I don’t really have anywhere to share them, so I thought I would post them here. Since it features in the header of the blog, I though I might as well start with this one of Celithemis eponina. And yes, I did spend about 15 minutes trying to get the wings parallel to the top and bottom of the photo. It’s a good job this is a percher, not a flier…
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