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Anax Imperator 2(loz)
9 May 2009
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
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- CC BY-SA 3.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work
Teneral male Emperor (Anax imperator) in the Ahlenmoor, a peatland in northern Lower Saxony, Germany. The dragonfly still clings to the exuvium from which it has just escaped. The wings are already fully unfolded; however, they have not hardened yet. The abdomen still has to stretch to its final size, its marking have yet to develop.