Damselfly in Baltic Amber

Baltic Damselfly

Odonata

Members of this order are very rare in amber. Damselflies are similar to mayflies in having aquatic nymphs, but the adults, which are relatively long lived (3 - 8 weeks), do not swarm. This lack of swarming, their

larger size, and their stronger flying abilities may account for the rarity of dragonflies and dmaselflies in amber. Both adults and nymphs are predaceous on a variety of invertebrates, mostly arthropods. The final molt occurs after the nymph has crawled out on land.

This particular piece is perfect (period). The wings are whole, the body is in beautiful shape and the entire insect is fairly large and easy to see. Damselflies are so rare, you can count the number on one hand. This is probably the finest specimen in the world. The classification goes as follows:

Animalia

Phylum Arthropoda

Class Insecta

Order Odonata

Superfamily Coenagrionoidea

Family Coenagrionidae

Genus Africallagma

Species rubristigma (Schmidt, 1954)

This will take your breath away when you look at the pictures. Rare, perfect, unbelievable are the words that come to mind. We invite you to look carefully at the pictures, you are in for a treat.

Finally, take a look at the scanned image:

Here is the full scanned image.

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Further pictures in greater resolution - there are some other animals in the beautiful piece of amber, but they do not stand up to the beauty of the damselfly:

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