Thread subject: Diptera.info :: dragonfly
Posted by Matteo86photonature on 30-06-2008 18:46
#1
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
Posted by eguzki on 30-06-2008 19:09
#2
It looks like
Calopteryx sp. but not sure... Where did you find it? Don't forget, locality, habitat, size, date etc.
Posted by Matteo86photonature on 30-06-2008 19:20
#3
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
Posted by Iolaire on 30-06-2008 23:39
#4
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.
Posted by luisjgarcia on 01-07-2008 07:30
#5
Calopteryx splendens, a female. Pterostigmas near to the apex of the wing;)
Posted by Iolaire on 01-07-2008 09:59
#6
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.
Posted by Matteo86photonature on 01-07-2008 12:19
#7
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
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-07-2008 12:29
#8
Er..., why not a
Lestes?
Posted by Iolaire on 01-07-2008 14:03
#9
Lestes crossed my mind too but the pure white pterostigma makes it Calopterix, I think.
Posted by luisjgarcia on 02-07-2008 13:59
#10
Paul, in Lestes the wings has a narrower zone in his beginning (the peduncle) in Calopteryx not.;)
Posted by Tony T on 02-07-2008 16:36
#11
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
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-07-2008 17:01
#12
I'll shut up...
For now. :D
Posted by Iolaire on 02-07-2008 17:19
#13
:D
Posted by Isidro on 05-07-2008 15:51
#14
Nothing more different to Calopteryx than a Lestes!
