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Tag: damselfly
Odonate of the week: Ischnura elegans
For this odonate of the week, we are going to be a (fairly easy) game of spot the difference:
If you go down to the stormwater management facility today, you’re sure of a big surprise!
I’ve been neglecting nature in the past few posts, focusing on in-depth (and probably quite dull-looking) reviews of pseudoscientific treatments. Here, I’m going to show some pretty (I think, anyway) photos of some bugs! In a post on the differences between dragonflies and damselflies, I included a couple of photographs that I took while identifying invertebrates from some field samples that I took earlier this year. The project is looking at the biodiversity of stormwater management facilities (SMFs) in Ottawa, Canada. I wasn’t expecting to find much, as these kinds of ponds and small lakes tend to be fairly small, unimpressive and dirty. However, I was pleasantly surprised!
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.
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