Flora & Fauna (media)

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Yellow-spotted Emerald (Somatochlora flavomaculata)

2024-06-04    Ejby Mose (Glostrup), Denmark

Imago Male   I had spotted a metallica [Glinsende Smaragdlibel] but this one showed up too when going through the photos. I did perceive two animals in flight at the same time, but couldn't see details in the field.

I assume it's a male with restricted spots on the abdomen, which actually are very restricted even for a male. It could easily have gone unnoticed and perhaps as a metallica as well, thinking the spot-paleness was just the result of quick reflections in the sun. The abdomen shape is not that wrong for a metallica, but the long straight appendages are, but fit well on a flavomaculata.