Disparoneura quadrimaculata facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Disparoneura quadrimaculata |
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The black-winged bambootail (Disparoneura quadrimaculata) is a type of damselfly. Damselflies are delicate insects, a bit like dragonflies, but they hold their wings differently when resting. This species belongs to the family called Platycnemididae. You can find this damselfly in many parts of India.
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What is a Black-Winged Bambootail?
This damselfly is known as the black-winged bambootail. It's a medium-sized insect. Its scientific name is Disparoneura quadrimaculata. It was first described in 1842.
How Does It Look?
The black-winged bambootail has bright brick-red eyes. You might notice two dark-red lines across its eyes. Its body, called the thorax, is also bright brick-red on top. The sides are a lighter color. It has some black stripes and spots on its thorax.
Its wings are mostly clear, like glass. But the front wings have a wide, blackish-brown band. This band stretches from a part called the node to the pterostigma (a small, colored spot near the wingtip). The back wings have a similar band. The pterostigma itself is bright yellow-orange and outlined in thick black lines.
The main part of its body, the abdomen, is reddish-brown with black markings. The first segment and segments 7 to 9 are black. Segments 2 to 6 are reddish-brown with black tips. The last segment and its tail parts are pale brown.
Male vs. Female
Female black-winged bambootails are usually a bit stronger and have more black markings than males. Their thorax and abdomen are more of a greyish-brown color. The top of their abdomen is black. Segments 3 to 7 have wide white rings followed by black. Segments 3 to 8 also have small white spots in pairs at their base, surrounded by black. Segments 8 to 10 have white marks on their top side.
Where Does It Live?
You can often find these damselflies near streams and rivers. They like to rest on rocks that stick out of the water or on water plants. They lay their eggs and raise their young in hill streams.
See also
- List of odonates of India
- List of odonata of Kerala
