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Pseudagrion pruinosum

Pseudagrion pruinosum is a common damselfly found from China to Indonesia.
Pseudagrion pruinosum pruinosum – Grey Sprite A delicate damsel around 1.5” long, with striking blue flashes. As it matures it becomes coated in what looks like a fungus, but is actually pruinescence, a waxy substance that gives the damsel thorax a dusty appearance. The color of this pruinescence can vary from grey, through blue to even pink. Location is Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Alongside a stream and paddy fields. http://www.jungledragon.com/image/37964/pseudagrion_pruinosum_pruinosum_grey_sprite.html Bandung,Geotagged,Indonesia,Java,Pseudagrion pruinosum,West Java,Winter,damsel,damselfly,grey sprite,pruinescence

Appearance

A delicate damsel around 1.5” long, with striking blue flashes. As it matures it becomes coated in what looks like a fungus, but is actually pruinescence, a waxy substance that gives the damsel thorax a dusty appearance. The color of this pruinescence can vary from grey, through blue to even pink.
Grey Sprite Damselfly, Pseudagrion Pruinosum "mating" Geotagged,Indonesia,Pseudagrion pruinosum,Winter

Distribution

Uplands; China through SE Asia to Java

References:

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOdonata
FamilyCoenagrionidae
GenusPseudagrion
SpeciesPseudagrion pruinosum
Photographed in
Indonesia