Sunday 19 May 2024

Male Platycnemis Phyllopoda

Platycnemis phyllopoda (叶足扇蟌). Male.

My favourite local damselfly: the 'leaf-footed' or 'phyllopoda', a Greek word that also denotes an (unrelated) group of crustaceans. In flight its leafy white feet flutter like tiny paper wind spinners.

Platycnemis phyllopoda in Changsha