Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Odonata from Poland
Posted by Inja on 25-01-2013 20:54
#1
Hi,
I found completely dry Odonata. Could you help me to recognize species? I attach photos made few days ago.
Regards
Grzegorz
Posted by Inja on 25-01-2013 20:55
#2
One more photo :)
Posted by Tony Irwin on 25-01-2013 22:32
#3
Aeshna cyanea?
Posted by Inja on 25-01-2013 23:03
#4
I searched the web and I have got some doubts... Shape of
clypeus is a little different than
clypeus of my dragonfly. Maybe I am wrong, but in my opinion is not Aeshna cyanea (Żagnica sina - in my language) :)
Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-01-2013 09:05
#5
Your specimen has no head - what you may be thinking is a small, shrivelled head is actually the prothorax. Hopefully this will make things clearer. ;)
Posted by Inja on 26-01-2013 10:59
#6
Hi
Your reply was very exciting. And now I am curious why this dragonfly have no head ? What's happened with her? Is it one of the stages of pupation ?
Regards
Grzegorz
Posted by Andrzej on 26-01-2013 13:16
#7
Bezgłowe ważki ! (Headless dragonflies -
in Polish) ;)
Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-01-2013 16:41
#8
The heads of adult dragonflies are loosely attached, so that they can move them easily when they're alive. Unfortunately it also makes them susceptible to decapitation, especially when they're dead and dry. (Not as bad as Pipunculidae, though!)