Bizarre Insect
Jul 17, 2017 22:19:17 #
Jul 18, 2017 00:55:15 #
Yeesh, that aint right. Do you have a lake, pond, or river nearby?
Jul 18, 2017 00:57:21 #
Jul 18, 2017 03:05:11 #
Jul 18, 2017 06:08:45 #
Jul 18, 2017 07:19:43 #
So this is a dragonfly nymph that had crawled from the water to molt into an adult dragonfly. But the dragonfly could not completely emerge from the old nymph cuticle, and is now permanently stuck. It will die like this, if it has not done so already.
Failure to escape the old 'skin' is something that happens on occassion to arthropods.
Failure to escape the old 'skin' is something that happens on occassion to arthropods.
Jul 18, 2017 09:11:31 #
Jul 18, 2017 09:24:24 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Great shot. Mark is right. This is an exuviae and not fully emerged Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps). Fine job.So this is a dragonfly nymph that had crawled from the water to molt into an adult dragonfly. But the dragonfly could not completely emerge from the old nymph cuticle, and is now permanently stuck. It will die like this, if it has not done so already. Failure to escape the old 'skin' is something that happens on occasion to arthropods.
Jul 18, 2017 12:09:58 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Wow--never would have known that. Thanks for the info.So this is a dragonfly nymph that had crawled from the water to molt into an adult dragonfly. But the dragonfly could not completely emerge from the old nymph cuticle, and is now permanently stuck. It will die like this, if it has not done so already.
Failure to escape the old 'skin' is something that happens on occasion to arthropods.
Failure to escape the old 'skin' is something that happens on occasion to arthropods.
Jul 26, 2017 18:07:27 #
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