Long-feeling butterfly-like
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Libelloides longicornis ( Libelloides longicornis ) |
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| ( Scopoli , 1763) |
The long-feeling butterfly-like ( Libelloides longicornis ) is a reticulated wing from the family of the butterfly-like (Ascalaphidae).
description
The animals reach a wingspan of 38 to 58 millimeters. Both their fore and their hind wings have a lemon yellow colored vein network and are otherwise transparent. Only at the base of the hind wings and on a triangular, crescent-shaped spot on the side facing the wing tip are they colored black. The body, like the long antennae , which are thickened at the ends, is black.
Way of life
In behavior, the long-feeling butterfly-like are different from their relatives. They always put their wings against their bodies in a resting position, except when it is cool. They fly from June to August.
Occurrence
This species is much more strongly bound to heat than the similar dragonfly butterfly ( Libelloides coccajus ). They are only found very rarely in Central Europe , also in the vicinity of scree fields. In Germany they occur occasionally around the Kaiserstuhl and Würzburg . They are common in southern Europe, but are absent in the southeast and east. The two species mentioned are almost entirely mutually exclusive. If this is not the case, they will fly with a time delay. In Wallis intersections of these species to have been sighted.
pairing
The mating usually takes place in the late morning or at noon, after warming up. After a short fight, the male grabs the female with his abdominal forceps at the tip of the abdomen in order to take her to the grass. The females then lay their white eggs in tightly spaced double rows on stems.
credentials
- ↑ a b c d Heiko Bellmann : Der Neue Kosmos Insektenführer , p. 134, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-440-07682-2
literature
- Michael Chinery: Parey's Book of Insects. A field guide of European insects. Translated from the English by Irmgard Jung. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-440-09969-5 .