Sympecma paedisca, Sympecma fusca
So many
beautiful pictures of different dragonflies and damselflies of Europe and
different corners of the world have been presented on this blog, but still
there is any pictures and information about the Siberian Winter Damsel (Sympecma paedisca). So we decided to
change it by adding photos of this interesting species. In Poland it is a rare
species, especially in the south-western part of our country (where we live
:-)). The first time we met the Siberian Winter Damsel this year on 9 August in
Lower Silesia. Because this species is similar to Common Winter Damsel (Sympecma fusca) in the pictures below we
show some basic differences between them.
SYMPECMA FUSCA
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| Sympecma fusca has straight outer margin of the dark band on the
upperside of the thorax |
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| Sympecma fusca male |
SYMPECMA PAEDISCA
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| Sympecma paedisca has a bulge (roughly rectangular) on the outer margin
of the dark band on the upperside of the thorax. The oblique dark streak on the
thorax side is normally thinner than in S. fusca and sometimes is broken. |
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| Sympecma paedisca female |
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| S. paedisca female |
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| S. paedisca male |
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| S. paedisca male |
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| S. paedisca female |
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| S. paedisca male |
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| S. paedisca female |
Michał & Piotr