If my boyfriend were a bug I think he' be a Common Blue Damselfly- and he think I'd be the grub of a Western Hercules Beetle!
Thus, I decided to draw us as them!
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Bug of the Day
I always feel special when I find an Odonate at night. This damselfly came to a moth sheet back in July. Not sure what it is yet beyond something in the Coenagrionidae family.
Update: It's a sedge sprite!
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Orange-tailed Marsh Darts (Ceriagrion cerinorubellum), mating, family Coenagrionidae, Kadavoor, Kerala, India
Male in front/top, female in back/bottom. The male clasps the female's neck during mating.
photograph by Jeevan Jose
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So this was Twiggy, the first damselfly larvae I raised into an adult. Twiggy is a member of the family Coenagrionidae, the narrow-winged damselflies.
Dragonflies and damselflies are both in the order Odonata, but they occupy two separate infra orders: Anisoptera (dragons) and Zygoptera (damsels). Though you might find their adults look too similar for you, the babies are super different! Dragons look like short, squat, crickety body types, while damsels have long, thin abdomens just like their adult counterparts, making them a little more stick-like physically!
Damsels larvae also have leafy gills at the end of their abdomen that they use to breathe underwater, which you can see well in the second photo of Twiggy! Both dragons and damsels are predators even as babies, and will eat a wide range of other animals, including each other and minnows, though species cannibalism is thought to be more common in stressed environments than natural ones.
Twiggy lived in my apartment in a big jar for 5 days before emerging as an adult and being released. I’ll be posting more Twiggy later, as well as Hot Rod, a second damselfly I watched emerge. I’m hoping to get a longer term Odonate rearing project soon.
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Female Large Red Damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5.6 1/125 iso: 200 Prague, Czech Republic 5/15/2008
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Scientific Name: Argia sedula
Common Name(s): Blue-ringed dancer
Family: Coenagrionidae (narrow-winged damselfly)
Life Stage(s): Adult
Location: Plano, Texas
Season(s): Summer
Mature adult male.
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Damselfly on a leaf.
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Large Red Damselfly #largereddamselfly #reddamselfly #reddragonfly #damselfly #dragonfly #Pyrrhosomanymphula #Coenagrionidae #insect #fly #redinsect #redfly https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce32PtVqipH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Orange-tailed marsh dart, Ceriagrion cerinorubellum, Coenagrionidae
Found throughout South and Southeastern Asia
Photo 1 by bronzecky, 2-3 by budak, and 4 by christojo
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Ceriagrion cerinorubellum is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It's commonly known as the Bi-coloured damsel or Orange-tailed marsh dart. Here it is eating a Lepidoptera.
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La sécheresse a-t-elle sonné le glas de la Déesse précieuse ?
See on Scoop.it - EntomoNews
Sa réapparition en France en 2009 après 133 ans d'absence avait relevé d'un petit miracle. Mais depuis 2019, la Déesse précieuse, une libellule rare et menacée, n'a plus donné signe de vie, laissant craindre une nouvelle disparition, qui cette fois pourrait être définitive en raison du changement climatique et de la dégradation des zones humides.
afp, le 01/02/2023
Modifié le 02/02/2023
"Quatre ans déjà que sa silhouette gracile, verte métallisée et tachetée de marques bleues, n'a plus été aperçue dans les tourbières du Jura, unique site où elle était présente en France, avec une petite dizaine d'individus recensés.
En 2019, la sécheresse touche la France "au point qu’est réduit à néant le point d’eau qui abrite l’insecte. Sans surprise, aucune émergence, aucun image ne sont observés cette année-là", indiquait fin décembre le naturaliste François Dehondt, à l'origine de la redécouverte de la demoiselle, dans une tribune dans Le Monde.
La tendance se poursuit en 2020, puis en 2021 alors que l'eau revient pourtant dans la tourbière. Et en 2022, année la plus chaude et l'une des plus sèches jamais observés en France, toujours aucune trace de la Déesse."
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[Image] Photo diffusée le 1er février 2023 par l'Office pour les insectes et leur environnement (OPIE) d'une libellule Déesse précieuse en 2010 à Negenborn, en Allemagne OFFICE POUR LES INSECTS ET LEUR ENVIRONMENT(OPIE)/AFP/Archives
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L'étude (2010)
Redécouverte en France de Nehalennia speciosa (Charpentier, 1840) (Odonata, Zygoptera : Coenagrionidae)
https://www.documentation.eauetbiodiversite.fr/notice/00000000015e5b212277891dbd12cc05
[pdf] http://odonates.pnaopie.fr/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DEHONDT-et-al-2010-Red%C3%A9couverte-en-France-de-Nehalennia-speciosa.pdf
Précédemment (2022)
→ Une déesse libellule a disparu de sa tourbière, 25.12.2022
https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2022/12/25/une-deesse-libellule-a-disparu-de-sa-tourbiere_6155662_1650684.html
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Once again drew me and my boyfriend as funny little bugs.
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Common bluetail (Ischnura senegalensis) at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique
Judy Gallagher
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Blue Riverdamsel (Pseudagrion microcephalum)
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"LADIES and GENTLEMEN, BOYS and GIRLS!" - Black Marsh Darts (Onychargia atrocyana, Coenagrionidae)
(female above, male below)
"LADIES and GENTLEMEN, BOYS and GIRLS!" is a series of image collages depicting gender dimorphism, highlighting the often subtle, but sometimes extreme, differences between males and females of the same species.
See all images in the series Gallery, HERE.
by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr.
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
See more Chinese insects and spiders on my Flickr site HERE...
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Bluetail Damselfly, Ischnura elegans Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 Prague, Czech Republic 6/5/2010
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