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Aeshna affinis

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BO., 31.03.2006 21:46

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Female


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Male

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31.03.2006 21:47, BO.

user posted imageThe yoke is blue (Aeshna affinis). The spots are yellow in females and blue in males. Common species, Found in the European part of Russia, except for the north. In the lower Volga region, the flight occurs at the peak of midge activity on June 7-15. Which is the main food during the month of June. Eggs are laid on aquatic plants in warmed standing water bodies. The larvae hatch the following spring.
The picture was taken in the Astrakhan region.Author: VO

18.04.2006 9:39, vespabellicosus

Yes, handsome.

24.04.2006 5:42, Елена М

This is not Aeshna cyanea - you have Aeshna affinis in your pictures. They differ in size (the affinis is smaller), breast color, and anal appendages (in the male cyanea, the upper anal appendages at the tops are clearly bent down).
And the pictures are wonderful!

18.05.2006 13:54, BO.

This is not Aeshna cyanea - you have Aeshna affinis in your pictures. They differ in size (the affinis is smaller), breast color, and anal appendages (in the male cyanea, the upper anal appendages at the tops are clearly bent down).
And the pictures are wonderful!

Thank you very much.

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