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Id | 2288 | ||||||||||||
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Bog Hawker (Aeshna subarctica) Højmose-mosaikguldsmed (dk) Gungflymosaikslända (se) |
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Grib Skov (nordsjælland), Denmark
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Date | 2023-08-27 | ||||||||||||
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Imago. ♂. Sandskredsøen. One present today. An animal like this showing three well-defined spots between the two ovals on the side of the thorax ideally should be of the northern form of the species, elisabethae, whereas the form, interlineata, which is supposed to be the one seen in Denmark (according to Ole Fogh Nielsen - De Danske Guldsmede) shows these spots flowing together looking more like a third band. Billqvist (Nordens Trollsländor 2.edi) shows an animal presented as elisabethae that looks much like this animal, why I will have to conclude that either the two forms are both present in Denmark, or they are not as well-defined as these authors suggest. Perhaps you're speculating whether this animal could in fact be a juncea [Siv-Mosaikguldsmed] rather than a subarctica, based on the isolated thorax spots and what looks like a yellow spot on the back of the head. I did so myself, but I'm pretty sure that the amount of bluish-pale markings running up along the side where the abdomen is most narrow, S3, only can be seen on a subarctica. The overall dark presentation also supports this. |
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