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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 ...
Calopterygidae is a family of damselflies, in the suborder Zygoptera. [2] They are commonly known as the broad-winged damselflies, [3] demoiselles, or jewelwings. [4] These rather large damselflies have wingspans of 50–80 mm (compared to about 44 mm in the common bluetail damselfly, Ischnura elegans), are often metallic-coloured, and can be differentiated from other damselflies by the ...
The wings have a network of veins; between the veins the wings are generally transparent, but may be partly colored. [1] In most Odonata there is a structure on the leading edge near the tip of the wing called the pterostigma. This is a thickened, hemolymph–filled and often colorful area bounded by veins.
There is a bi-coloured pterostigma on the front wings. Eyes are blue. [4] They have a largely black abdomen with very narrow pale markings where each segment joins the next. Segment eight, however, is entirely pale blue. [4] At rest, the wings of most damselfly species are held back together, unlike dragonflies, which rest with their wings out ...
Calopteryx hyalina Martin, 1909 – Clear-winged Demoiselle [6] Calopteryx intermedia Selys, 1887; Calopteryx japonica Selys, 1869; Calopteryx laosica Fraser, 1933; Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) – Ebony Jewelwing [5] Calopteryx melli Ris, 1912; Calopteryx mingrelica Selys, 1869; Calopteryx oberthuri McLachlan, 1894 ...
forewing of the variable damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum) Usually have a black pattern; Ground color may be green, blue, yellow, orange, or purple; Narrow, stalked, usually colorless and clear wings; Two antenodal cross veins; Vein M3 arising nearer to nodus than arculus; Adults are seen around various habitats including ponds and wetlands.
Matrona basilaris is a large damselfly which ranges in color from brilliant metallic green in males to reddish brown in females. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Its wings range in color from dark blue to reddish brown.
Immature male. The blue wing color develops with age. Beautiful demoiselle can reach a body length of 49–54 millimetres (1.9–2.1 in), [5] with a hindwing length of 31–37 millimetres (1.2–1.5 in). [6] These large, dark damselflies have small, lateral, hemispherical eyes; two pairs of wings similar in shape; and a slender abdomen.