5584 x 3716 px | 47,3 x 31,5 cm | 18,6 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
août 2009
Lieu:
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
This is a large damselfly with a total length of up to 48 mm and a hindwing length of up to 36 mm. The male has translucent wings which each have a broad, dark iridescent blue-black spot (or band) across the outer part. On immature dragonflies the spot is dark brown. The female has translucent, pale green iridescent wings with a white patch near the tip, and a metallic green body. The Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens is a species of damselfly belonging to the family Calopterygidae. It is often found along slow-flowing streams and rivers. It is an Eurasian species occurring from the Atlantic coast eastwards to Lake Baikal and north-western China. insect (from Latin animal insectum) literally meant 'divided animal' or 'cut up or into' from the segments of its body (head, thorax, abdomen) - the common word being 'bug'; insect is any of an extremely large group of small invertebrate animals - and most undergo metamorphosis while bug denotes a special group of insects with beaklike sucking mouth parts and partly membranous forewings one major difference between insect, spider, and crustacean is the antennae; one pair on most insects, none on spiders, and two pairs for crustaceans.
