[Odonata-l] Damsel eats dragon!

[JJ Daigle]

Aloha, Josh!

Looks like Erythrodiplax minuscula being eaten by a Lestes female, maybe L. 
eurinus.  Any idea what part of the country the photo was taken?  Talk to me 
later!

Aloha nui!
Jerrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "June Tveekrem" <damselfly at southernspreadwing.com>
To: "Odonata-l" <odonata-l at listhost.ups.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Odonata-l] Damsel eats dragon!


>
> It looks like the dragonfly is teneral, which I'm sure helped the
> damselfly enormously. I, too, can probably figure out genus, but I'm not
> going to venture a guess about species.
>
> June
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> June Tveekrem
> Columbia, Maryland, U.S.
> damselfly|AT|southernspreadwing.com
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>
>
> Joshua Stuart Rose wrote:
>
> Howdy folks,
>
> Dragonflies eat damselflies all the time. There are a number of
> relatively famous examples of dragons eating other dragons. Damsels
> eating damsels seems less common but far from unheard-of.
>
> But how about a damselfly eating a dragonfly?
> <http://www.glennbartley.com/naturephotography/macro/dragonscanibals.htm>
>
> This photo is the first time I can recall seeing such a situation.
> How many folks have seen, or heard of, this before?
>
> Also: anyone recognize the species involved? I can tell the two
> critters to family, probably genus.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Josh
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