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Damselflies

ODONATA - Zygoptera
This room displays images of damselflies and allies.
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Cercion calamorum, or Kuro ito-tombo. photo: 07/2002, Tokyo, Japan.
 Unidentified Damselfly. photo: 08/2002, Taman Negara, Malaysia.
 Unidentified Damselfly. photo: 08/2003, Fogg Dam, NT, Australia.

Unidentified Damselfly. photo: 08/2003, Kakadu, NT, Australia. Unidentified Damselfly. photo: 08/2003, Litchfield NP, NT, Australia. Calopteryx japonica or Aohada Tombo <Calopterygidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Cercion sieboldii [1][2][3] or Oo Ito-tombo <Coenagrionidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan. Mnais pruinosa nawai f. nwai [1][2][3] or Oo Kawa-tombo <Calopterygidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan. Mnais pruinosa nawai f. kadowakii [1][2][3] or Oo Kawa-tombo <Calopterygidae>. photo: 05/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Cercion sieboldii [4][5] or Oo Ito-tombo <Coenagrionidae>. photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan. Unidentified Damselfly. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname. Unidentified Damselfly [1][2]. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

Unidentified Damselfly [1][2]. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname. Unidentified Damselfly. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname. Ischnura senegalensis [1], or Aomon Ito-Tombo (Orange type, Immature) <Coenagrionidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Ischnura senegalensis [2][3], or Aomon Ito-Tombo <Coenagrionidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan. Ischnura senegalensis [4][5], or Aomon Ito-Tombo <Coenagrionidae>. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan. Ischnura asiatica [1], or Azia Ito-Tombo <Coenagrionidae>. photo: 06/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified Demoiselle. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Enallagma boreale circulatum [1][2] or Ruri Ito-Tombo <Coenagrionidae>. photo: 06/2005, Nagano, Japan. Ischnura asiatica [2][3], or Azia Ito-Tombo <Coenagrionidae>. photo: 07/2005, Nagano, Japan.

Unidentified Damselfly. photo: 08/2005, Divundu, Namibia. A Demoiselle [1][2], Miyama Kawatombo or Calopteryx cornelia <Calopterygidae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan. A Demoiselle [1][2][3], Nishi Kawatombo or Mnais pruinosa pruinosa <Calopterygidae>. photo: 05/2006, Kumamoto, Japan.

Unidentified Demoiselle. photo: 05/2006, Kôchi, Japan. A Demoiselle [1][2][3], Taiwan Haguro Tombow or Matrona basilaris japonica <Calopterygidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. A Damselfly [1][2], Ryûkyû Rurimon Tombow or Coeliccia ryukyuensis <Platyenemididae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.

A Damselfly [6][7], Aomon Ito Tombo or Ischnura senegalensis <Coenagrionidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. Unidentified Damselfly, - or - <>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. Unidentified Damselfly [1][2], - or - <>. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon.

Unidentified Damselfly [1][2], - or - <>. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon. Unidentified Damselfly, - or - <>. photo: 08/2007, Loango NP, Gabon. Unidentified Damselfly, - or - <>. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP, Gabon.

Unidentified Damselfly, - or - <>. photo: 08/2007, Ivindo NP, Gabon. back to upper category


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