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Platycnemis latipes, hembra

Recorte de un 8%

Su tamaño es de 33-39 mm y su envergadura alar 45 mm.

Los machos son blanquecinos con tonos azulados y las hembras como es el caso de la fotografía que subo, presentan coloraciones anaranjadas o marrones. Un rasgo que lo caracteriza es la forma ensanchada que presentan en sus patas que es menor en la hembras y mas evidente en el macho.

Se encuentran en vegetación acuática y ribereña de arroyos o rios de caudal moderado y corriente lenta.

 

Cut of 8%

Its size is 33-39 mm and its wingspan 45 mm.

The males are whitish with bluish tones and the females, as is the case in the photograph that I upload, have orange or brown colors. A feature that characterizes it is the widened shape they have on their legs, which is smaller in females and more evident in males.

They are found in aquatic and riparian vegetation of streams or rivers of moderate flow and slow current.

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Uploaded on June 20, 2023
Taken on June 10, 2023