Beautiful Demoiselle

Calopteryxvirgo

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| September 2009 | Neutral
European prefers fast flowing streams with sand or gravel bottoms often among trees
Flying May to September
Male blue female green. Male wings are partly clothed with a patch of dense colour starting well before nodus smoky brown at first but becoming darker as insects mature eventally deep blue or purple

Females wings clear at first then brownish never greenish
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Zebra Longwing
(Heliconius charitonius)
Green Heron
(Butorides virescens)
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Zebra Longwing
(Heliconius charitonius)
Green Heron
(Butorides virescens)