#calopteryx virgo

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Did you know that the Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is a species of damselfly that lives up to its name?

Native to Europe and West Asia, these aptly named beauties are often found near quickly flowing waters, typically streams and creeks with a low temperature. The larvae live in these waters and depend on aquatic plants. Because the water moves so quickly they need to hold on to the branches and stems of these plants or they will drift away or get eaten by predators.

The adults like to rest on trees and shrubs but are also territorial and have a favourite lookout perch.

After mating, the female beauty will climb down the stem of an aquatic plant into the water where she can stay submerged for up to 90 minutes and lays her eggs inside the stem while almost upside down.

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Photo by Tim Melling of the British Dragonfly Society

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Beautiful Damselflies (Calopteryx virgo) fly over a water lily in La Gacilly, western France

Photograph: Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images

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Предположительно, Красотка-девушка, самец, на крупной длани младшего брательника хд

Presumably, Calopteryx virgo, male.

This one was most likely old, didn't fly, was willing to get on the hands, died soon after.

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Beautiful Demoiselle (Female)

A female beautiful demoiselle on the top of a hawthorn branch, amongst the trees in Twywell Plantation.

[thecryptandtheincubus]

- Ƈօʟʟɛƈȶɨօռ Ɛռȶօʍօʟօɢɨɛ -

ᙅᕔԸꗞᖘꞆꗛɌᎽ𐠷 ᕓĬɌǤꗞ

CURIOSITAS : Aile de Demoiselle (Calopteryx Virgo)

LIEU DE TROUVAILLE : forêt de la Planoise (Bourgogne)

[antiposer]

Beautiful Demoiselle damselfly

what is the cuntiest/sexiest insect

[herpsandbirds]

Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo), male, family Calopterygidae, UK

photograph by Kim Schofield

[do-you-know-this-animal]

This is:

Calopteryx virgo, aka beautiful demoiselle, aka motýlice obecná

Fun fact!

Only mature males have blue wings, as the color develops with time. The females don't live near water, but need it to lay eggs in it. Thus, in order to have the best chance at mating, the males keep territories near bodies of water that they strictly guard.

[wild-e-eep]

Beautiful demoiselle - Calopteryx virgo.

iNaturalist observation 283570314

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: vol. 2 - Insects. Written by Dr. Bernhard Grzimek. 1984.

Internet Archive

1.) Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)

2.) Beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)

3.) Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

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Beautiful Demoiselle (Male)

A male beautiful demoiselle damselfly resting amongst the trees, in Twywell Plantation.

[theheroalkaiser]

@calopteryx-virgos

kafka had his diaries, didion had her notebooks, plath wrote in journals, and i have my tumblr blog

[herpsandbirds]

Do you like garden fairies? Because I adore them :3

I just walked outside and saw 3 species of garden fairy in the pollinator garden at work.

Here are some more:

Crimson Marsh Glider (Trithemis aurora), male, family Libellulidae, Langkawi, Malaysia

photograph by Nick Volpe

White-belted Ringtail Dragonfly (Erpetogomphus compositus), family Gomphidae, Mesa, AZ, USA

photograph by Dave Lehneman

Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo), male, family Calopterygidae, found in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia

Photograph by Leo Nielsen

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Local blue jewel of fast flowing waters: Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) ((holy SHIT WHAT A NAMEEEEEE)) I need to go paddleboarding soon so I can see them again :DD

PRETTY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!! gosh it’s gorg…

thank you sm for the bug….

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@calopteryx-virgos

cool moth i found covered in cordyceps fungus in the woods 😲

learning how to use tumblr.. 😓

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went to my favourite spot after work today and met so many friends!

short-tailed blue (cupido argiades)

common blue (polyommatus Icarus); transalpine burnet moth (zygaena transalpina)

keeled skimmer male (orthetrum coerulescens); beautiful demoiselle male (calopteryx virgo)