WOV’s Insectarium: Colorful Damselfly

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    Behold this awesome splendor of nature

    [Tinted Shaft: An orange young female Agriocnemis damselfly perching near the verdant rice fields of Ilocos Norte.]

    DESCRIPTION

    Prime your eyes because scouting them is difficult! Ward off your hands because picking them is rude! And smile because seeing them is marvelous! They are damselflies – slender, delicate, and weak-flying insects resembling like dragonflies which eyes are separated and wings are held vertically.

    Embellishing the grasses of Bangui, Ilocos Norte, alongside drains, forest and open streams, ponds and rice fields are colorful variety of damselfly, the Agriocnemis rubeola. This particular species originating in Southeast Asia is extending 25-millimeter length and spreading 17-millimeter wings.

    These marvels of the greensward, gliding during the daytime are observed to change in color as they mature – from an orangey young to greenish adult female Agriocnemis rubeola. They also differ in color according to their sexes, for instance, male species are hued turquoise or greenish blue.

    Damselflies are very beneficial in the environment, in the ecosystem. They help in controlling the numbers of harmful insects as they are ferocious predators of flies, mosquitoes, moths and beetles. They are also used as indicators of clean or polluted waterways, streams and ponds, that is, they are unable to breed without such sanitary body of water.
    Turquoise Damselfly: A vibrant bluish damselfly maneuvering the grasses of rural houses.

    CLASSIFICATION

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Odonata
    Suborder: Zygoptera
    Family: Coenagrionidae
    Genus: Agriocnemis
    Species: Agriocnemis (rubescens) rubeola


    Adult Damselfly: A female Agriocnemis damselfly that has changed its color from orange to green.

    We live in nature – very rich and useful. So we should take good care and preserve these treasures if we want them to last for the next generations. Because if Mother Earth cries, all of these natural luxuries we have will vanish in just a sneeze of a typhoon, slap of a tsunami, punch of a soil erosion and a kick of a hurricane. Now, do you want that? Not at all! Let’s hold our hands, take a  walk and move purposefully for the future… 

    5 comments:

    Christian | Lakad Pilipinas said...

    Gumamit ka macro lens dyan? =)

    One Fly said...

    Capturing these creatures in photos is so much fun and when viewing it's even better.

    FYI Vhincci - for whatever reason your page/pages load very slow for me.

    Marco said...

    Nice shots! Galing!

    Kim, USA said...

    They are gorgeous. I remember when I was young we used to catch dragonflies and will let them go din naman hehe.

    Eyeball Flower

    Vhincci Subia said...

    Christian | No. Macro sya but only in a point and shoot camera.

    Fly | Indeed, capturing them is fun!

    Marco | Salamat!

    Kim | Thank you Manang! Ako din, I used to catch dragonflies before. Now, I'm photographing them na...

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