LestesDryasCerci

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Description: English: Details of the Scarce Emerald Damselfly (= Emerald Spreadwing), Lestes dryas. The lower/inner anal appendages (cerci) of this male specimens are shaped like spoons, which is a distinctive attribute to the similar species Lestes sponsa. Deutsch: Detailausschnitte zur Glänzenden Binsenjungfer (Lestes dryas). Die unteren/inneren Hinterleibsanhänge dieser beiden Männchen sind löffelartig geformt und nach innen gebogen, was ein Unterscheidungsmerkmal zur ähnlichen Gemeinen Binsenjungfer (Lestes sponsa) ist. Date: 16 August 2008 (small frame) + 2012-06-14. Source: Own work (collage of two pictures, strongly cropped). Location: North-eastern Lower Saxony, Germany. Author: Christian Fischer. : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:. Attribution: Christian Fischer. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue.