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Naiad – The naiad is small about 16 to 20 mm (0.63 to 0.79 in) in length. It has the typical slender shape of an immature damselfly. It has the typical slender shape of an immature damselfly. The naiad is light to dark brown in color.
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 ...
As with other damselflies, the young—known as naiads, nymphs, or larvae—are carnivorous. The most ubiquitous prey in the tree holes they inhabit are mosquito larvae, but they will also feed on tadpoles, syrphid fly and chironomid fly larvae, and other odonate (dragonfly and damselfly) naiads. [4]
Pacific Hawaiian damselfly larvae are also called naiads. These naiads are found in the pools inhabited by the adult Pacific Hawaiian damselflies. During the larval stages, naiads survive under the surface of the water using three flattened abdominal gills. The larval stages of Pacific Hawaiian damselflies often last up to four months before ...
Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies (as well as the Epiophlebia damsel-dragonflies). The two major groups are distinguished with dragonflies (Anisoptera) usually being bulkier with large compound eyes together and wings spread up or out at rest, while damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are usually more slender with eyes placed apart and ...
The ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) is a species of broad-winged damselfly. One of about 150 species of Calopterygidae, it is found in the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada, ranging west to the Great Plains. Other common names include black-winged damselfly. [1]
Megalagrion xanthomelas (orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly) ... The third stage is the naiad, naiads can develop from a range of 103 to 111 days. [5]
Yet, a few other species, including the flying earwig Hawaiian damselfly, have terrestrial or semi-terrestrial immatures. These naiads are usually found in moist leafy habitats on the ground. [11] [12] They have short and stout and hairy gills and are unable to swim. [13] The knowledge about this kind of naiad is limited and needs more research.