Banded Demoiselle
Calopteryx splendens
Facts
- It breeds mainly along slow-flowing rivers with vegetation and muddy or silty beds.
- Males court females with an aerial display and guard them as they insert eggs into aquatic plants.
- Larvae live among submerged plants and debris, usually developing for about two years in the source region.
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