Description ⁵

Size: 71mm in length
Feeds: Small insects
Habitat: Close for fresh water
Threats: Climate change and capture
Facts: Very energetic insects. Particular courtship and mating behaviour. Female deposits eggs in plants or damp mud which than hatch after 3 months. Flight period May to September.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Isidro Martínez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://s.yimg.com/pw/images/en-us/photo_unavailable_l.png
2. (c) gailhampshire, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictures/8519029170/
3. anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Anax_parthenope.jpg/460px-Anax_parthenope.jpg
4. (c) Martin Pustelník, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/47969.jpg
5. Adapted by xampejn from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax_parthenope

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• NBN Atlas
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム

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