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Male Large red damselflies are bright red with a black thorax and black bands towards the end of the body. The amount of red and black on the females' abdomens varies, with some forms appearing almost entirely black.
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| 28 May 2020 |
During mating, the male uses claspers at the tip of his abdomen to grasp the female behind her head tightly enough to resist the attempts by other males to dislodge him – they are now said to be 'in tandem'. ... Afterwards the pair separate, but the male guards the female from rivals while she lays her eggs
The only similar species is the Small Red Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly can be distinguished by its:
black legs.
dark pterostigma (wing spots).
Damselflies hunt in groups wherever they find large numbers of termites together, when they find an ant colony, or near swarms of mayflies and gnats. Damselflies especially love eating flies of all kinds. Damselflies do not mind hunting in colder temperatures. They are one of the few bugs that can be observed hunting during cold weather. Males are territorial - they have an area that they consider to be their own, and they patrol that area looking for prey many for hours at a time.
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