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| Matteo86photonature |
Posted on 30-06-2008 17:46
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Member Location: Italy Posts: 66 Joined: 27.06.08 |
HI, I know maybe the Id for a dragonfly just looking pics is so hard, but maybe some expert know the Id of this yellow odonata:   thank you  Matteo |
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| eguzki |
Posted on 30-06-2008 18:09
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 Member Location: Perkáta, Hungary Posts: 1140 Joined: 12.10.06 |
It looks like Calopteryx sp. but not sure... Where did you find it? Don't forget, locality, habitat, size, date etc.
Greetings, Tomi |
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| Matteo86photonature |
Posted on 30-06-2008 18:20
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Member Location: Italy Posts: 66 Joined: 27.06.08 |
eguzki wrote: It looks like Calopteryx sp. but not sure... Where did you find it? Don't forget, locality, habitat, size, date etc. oh yes, sorry stupid of me to forgot it ! I found it in north Italy, near Pavia (about 100 meters altitude) in morning, one week ago. it was long about 4/5 centimeters |
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| Iolaire |
Posted on 30-06-2008 22:39
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 Member Location: Langedijk, Netherlands Posts: 192 Joined: 17.08.07 |
I think it's Calopteryx sp too. I'm not familiar with the Italian species of this family For a moment I thought it was C. haemorrhoidalis but it misses the dark belt on the wings.
Best regards, Iolaire |
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| luisjgarcia |
Posted on 01-07-2008 06:30
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Member Location: Aragón Posts: 84 Joined: 26.05.08 |
Calopteryx splendens, a female. Pterostigmas near to the apex of the wing |
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| Iolaire |
Posted on 01-07-2008 08:59
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Member Location: Langedijk, Netherlands Posts: 192 Joined: 17.08.07 |
luisjgarcia wrote: Calopteryx splendens, a female. Pterostigmas near to the apex of the wing Which also applies to at least C. xanthostoma and C. haemorrhoidalis. I read that C. splendens splendens (nominate) is in fact absent in Italy. The subspecies C. splendens caprai "takes over" there. I've never seen it but the one on the photos could very well be the latter.
Best regards, Iolaire |
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| Matteo86photonature |
Posted on 01-07-2008 11:19
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Member Location: Italy Posts: 66 Joined: 27.06.08 |
really thank you for the ID The genre Calopterix is so Common in that zone, I usually see a lot of blue ones (Thought they are male of calopterix splendens or virgo) greetings, Matteo |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-07-2008 11:29
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Er..., why not a Lestes?
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Iolaire |
Posted on 01-07-2008 13:03
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Member Location: Langedijk, Netherlands Posts: 192 Joined: 17.08.07 |
Lestes crossed my mind too but the pure white pterostigma makes it Calopterix, I think.
Best regards, Iolaire |
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| luisjgarcia |
Posted on 02-07-2008 12:59
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Member Location: Aragón Posts: 84 Joined: 26.05.08 |
Paul, in Lestes the wings has a narrower zone in his beginning (the peduncle) in Calopteryx not. |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 02-07-2008 15:36
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Paul Beuk wrote: Er..., why not a Lestes? In North America, at least, Lestes spp. are called Spreadwings on account of the way they hold their wings at about 45 degrees from the body. This is obviously a Broad-winged Damselfly Calopteryx |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-07-2008 16:01
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I'll shut up... For now. 
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Iolaire |
Posted on 02-07-2008 16:19
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Member Location: Langedijk, Netherlands Posts: 192 Joined: 17.08.07 |
Best regards, Iolaire |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 05-07-2008 14:51
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2088 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Nothing more different to Calopteryx than a Lestes! |
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