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Female Broad-Bodied Chaser-Libellla depressa

Freshly emerged Odonata are called tenerals, you can see this by the shiny wings membranes and light pigmentation of the body and eyes. Several more hours must pass for the cuticle to harden and several days for the adult pigmentation to develop.

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Uploaded on December 17, 2015
Taken on May 24, 2012