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Identification history
| Unidentified | 27 May 2023 | TimL |
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User's notes
Alive but probably not healthy. Behind the damselfly's head and between its large compound eyes is a small dark brown, circular structure, which I understand is the anterior thoracic spiracle. This provides oxygen to the damselfly’s wing muscles and brain and has a flap-type valve which opens and closes as necessary. This feature is usually hidden from view behind the head/eye structure, but is visible in the first image. A close look at the spiracle shows its valve to be closed and a grub like parasite stretched across it, attached to the damselfly.
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Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Apr 2023 11:41 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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