The Demoiselles are large broad winged damselflies with metalic bodies and wing veins. Males will defend a mating site and attract females with an elaborate courtship dance which shows off their colourful wings.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Calopterygidae Genus: Calopteryx Species: C. spendens
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Family: Calopterygidae Genus: Calopteryx Species: C. virgo
