Sympetrum striolatum, common darter dragonfly
Once the insect is out of the larval skin, fluids are pumped into the wing veins and the wings begin to expand
Picture No
10712441
Media ID
47612738
Size
4009px x 4111px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Anisoptera Arthropoda Circulatory Darter Dragonfly Emergence Fluid Hexapod Hexapoda Insecta Larval Libellulidae Meadowhawk Odonata Skimmer Sympetrum Vein
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