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Blue-green damsel ( Aeshna cyanea ), female |
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Mosaic maidens ( Aeshna ) are a genus of the Edellibelle family (Aeshnidae).
features
The mosaic maidens are large dragonflies with wingspans between 8 and 11 cm. The chest section ( thorax ) is as well as the abdomen ( abdomen ) strongly pronounced. Both are usually brown to gray-brown in color. The thorax has blue or yellow stripes or spots on it. The abdomen is drawn with yellow, blue or green segmental dots.
Males and females differ only slightly in shape and size: the abdomen of the males is, however, at the level of the second segment, clearly and more strongly waisted than that of the females. The males usually appear a bit slimmer overall. The appendices of both sexes also differ.
species
Well-known species of the genus Aeshna are:
- Southern mermaid ( Aeshna affinis )
- Alpine damsel ( Aeshna caerulea )
- Siberian mermaid ( Aeshna crenata ) (Finland, Russia)
- Blue-green mermaid ( Aeshna cyanea )
- Hermit mosaic maid ( Aeshna eremita )
- Brown mosaic maiden ( Aeshna grandis )
- Wedge-spot damsel , keilflecklibelle ( Aeshna isoceles )
- Peat damsel ( Aeshna juncea )
- American mermaid ( Aeshna junius )
- Autumn maidenhead ( Aeshna mixta )
- Nordic mermaid ( Aeshna osiliensis ), (N-Europa)
- Baltic mermaid ( Aeshna serrata )
- Raised moor damsel ( Aeshna subarctica )
- Green maidenhead ( Aeshna viridis )
source
- Robert, Paul-A .: Die Libellen (Odonaten) - Authorized translation by Otto Paul Wenger [p. 284ff], Kümmerly & Frey, Geographischer Verlag, Bern 1959
