| Front page | Butterflies | Dragonflies | Birds (media) | Flora & Fauna (media) | Observations | Species taxonomy |
| Mexican Species | Download Checklists | Links | My 5 Chickens | Other Photos | The Birding Program | About |
Flora & Fauna (media)
Common Winter Damsel
(Sympecma fusca)
Vander Linden (1820)
Spreadwings (Lestidae)
CWDA
24780
Vintervandnymfe (dk)
Vinterflickslända (se)
Measurements:
HW: 18-23mm L:34-39mm
Flight period:
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| se | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Identification:
Distribution:
Large part of Europe, incl. southern Scandinavian pen and local in Wales.
Habitat:
Behavior:
Status:
Comment:
|
1298
(6 photos)
2023-04-09 Venestad (Skåne), Sweden Imago ♂ Two males and a lifer! Absolutely not expected, though I knew, that the first have started to fly in Scania. But we were looking for butterflies. Elin found them just after we got out of the car. They were warming up on the stones in the sun, something that they apparently like to do, as photos on artportalen.se reveal. The first animal soon disappeared and I only got these two photos. The other one was more accommodating, though still tricky to get decent photos lying halfway down on top of the neighboring stones. There were mixed forest on one side of the trail and a more swampy area on the left side, though probably not permanently wet, but rather caused by the large amounts of rain we've had in winter; it looked like it would dry out as the season advances. Animal 1: photo 1-2 Animal 2: photos 3-5. |
|
1366
(3 photos)
2023-05-07 Bastemosen (Bornholm), Denmark Imago ♀ This animal was sexed as a male by the other observers this day, but I can't see why, as it is clearly showing the typical female appendages and the ovipositor in photo 1. |
|
1367
(1 photos)
2023-05-07 Bastemosen (Bornholm), Denmark Imago ♀ Warming up in the sun, though still sitting in the wind line, that was coming all the way from Russia. Again little man, come to your senses. |
|
1368
(5 photos)
2023-05-07 Bastemosen (Bornholm), Denmark Imago ♀ On Dynd-Padderok (Equisetum fluviatile) [Water Horsetail ~ Equiseto Mayor ~ Sjöfräken] Breeding behavior has still not been observed in the Danish population (discovered 5 years ago), why this is the first act of egg-laying intentions witnessed. But it didn't go through with it. Maybe disturbed by us, 4 semi-old men, crawling around on the bank 4 meters away. |
|
1369
(1 photos)
2023-05-07 Bastemosen (Bornholm), Denmark Imago ♀ My first animal in Denmark. |