Sympecma paedisca, Sympecma fusca
So many
beautiful pictures of different dragonflies and damselflies of Europe and
different corners of the world have been presented on this blog, but still
there is any pictures and information about the Siberian Winter Damsel (Sympecma paedisca). So we decided to
change it by adding photos of this interesting species. In Poland it is a rare
species, especially in the south-western part of our country (where we live
:-)). The first time we met the Siberian Winter Damsel this year on 9 August in
Lower Silesia. Because this species is similar to Common Winter Damsel (Sympecma fusca) in the pictures below we
show some basic differences between them.
SYMPECMA FUSCA
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| Sympecma fusca has straight outer margin of the dark band on the
upperside of the thorax |
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| Sympecma fusca male |
SYMPECMA PAEDISCA
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| Sympecma paedisca has a bulge (roughly rectangular) on the outer margin
of the dark band on the upperside of the thorax. The oblique dark streak on the
thorax side is normally thinner than in S. fusca and sometimes is broken. |
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| Sympecma paedisca female |
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| S. paedisca female |
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| S. paedisca male |
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| S. paedisca male |
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| S. paedisca female |
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| S. paedisca male |
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| S. paedisca female |
Michał & Piotr
Excellent, a new guest on the blog! Well done! And even better to specify us the differences with S. fusca! In the zones where they are present both, do you know if they cross? I had planned an article on S. fusca for tomorrow morning, I am going to wait, so that these small marvels live longer on the blog! Greetings, M.
RépondreSupprimerOh! it has been 3 months not photographing dragonfly and damselfly, and I miss them !
RépondreSupprimerHello Wong Ching Wah,
SupprimerYour season should start again soon :)
Merci pour ces images inédites pour nous, et bravo pour l'ensemble de ce reportage !
RépondreSupprimerBonjour,
RépondreSupprimerLes photos sont à la fois esthétiques et naturistes ; elles nous montrent parfaitement les caractéristiques de ces 2 espèces. Merci pour pour cet article.
Amicalement
They are as we say in english "similar but not the same"!
RépondreSupprimerBrilliant post, thanks for given us this fascinating info about their differences.
And the quality of your pictures is excellent as always :) The details are quite obvious indeed.
YES!!! A new species to add in our list :)
Bravo les amis. La photo 7 est superbe et comme le dit Michel, l'esthétisme général est magnifique.
RépondreSupprimerHi Friends! Thanks for all kind words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RépondreSupprimerGreetings from Poland :-)