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A metallic blue-green Beautiful Demoiselle damselfly, Calopteryx virgo, perches on a green fern with its wings closed. Ebony jewelwing Two Mnais mneme damselflies mating, perched on a green blade of grass with a blurred grassy background. Damselflies Common bluetail damselfly (Ischnura senegalensis). Male jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx splendens). damselfly: banded demoiselle parts of an adult damselfly Odonate oviposition (egg laying): damselflies in the tandem position Damselfly emergence from cocoon
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Beautiful demoiselle
Breathtakingly elegant, the beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is a...
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Ebony jewelwing
A delicate ebony jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx maculata) sitting on a...
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Copulation
A pair of mating damselflies (Mnais mneme).
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Damselflies
Two American rubyspot damselflies (Hetaerina americana) mating.
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Common bluetail damselfly (Ischnura senegalensis).
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Male jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx splendens).
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damselfly: banded demoiselle
Female banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens), a species of damselfly.
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Odonate life cycle. Click each stage to view details.
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