Enallagma cyathigerum 8(loz), by Loz (L. B. Tettenborn), 2010-06-27
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Enallagma cyathigerum 8(loz)

Loz (L. B. Tettenborn)

2010-06-27

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A male of the Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) in the Ahlenmoor, a peatland in northern Lower Saxony, Germany. The photo is part of a sequence that shows the complete consumption of a cicada by the damselfly. The entire process takes not much longer than four minutes.