[Odonata-l] wonderful damselfly video

[Dennis Paulson]

Dustin Huntington has just posted photos of Palaemnema domina, the  
Desert Shadowdamsel, the only representative of the tropical family  
Platystictidae in the United States.

http://www.dustinhuntington.com/Special/Shadowdamsel/photo.html

What is extraordinary is the video of wing-clapping behavior in this  
species. I wonder if anyone has seen this wing clapping in any other  
species of Platystictidae. It seems quite characteristic of this one.  
It is well known, of course, in Calopterygidae and less known but  
present in many Coenagrionidae.
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Dennis Paulson
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Seattle, WA 98115
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