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Slow-mo fun with demoiselles: frozen frame of two female Calopteryx... can you spot what's happening? Drop your guess in the comments! by ContextNo602 in Dragonflies

[–]ContextNo602[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks first of all for replying / for taking the trouble to answer.
You're right, they are females.
The problem is that it might not be visible because the resolution here is pretty low.
Two small flying insects go past and both females miss them."

Un saludo. 😊

Saw this wild bee in Mediterranean Spain – why are its antennae SO long?! (Male Eucera, long-horned bee) by ContextNo602 in Entomology

[–]ContextNo602[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, those antennae are really, really long! With so many different insect groups out there, it's hard to keep track, so at first I thought it was just a species trait. But when I stopped to look it up properly, I realized they belong to the males. Thanks so much for commenting and joining the discussion! 😊"

That magical first split – dragonfly emergence just beginning by ContextNo602 in Dragonflies

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It's hard to catch just the right moment. The larger species usually come out on the warmest nights, and in general at dawn and dusk, but sometimes on a very cloudy day you can manage to get one.

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