Ishnura elegans VS Enallagma cyathigerum
Pas vraiment du cannibalisme mais presque...
Sur ce site fabuleux de St Laurent de Neste où 10 odonates s'envolent à
chaque pas, je photographiais autre chose quand mon œil perçoit un petit
mouvement inhabituel. Ma forme d'Ishnure préférée! Ah mais son vol
bizarre s'explique... Elle tient une proie de taille dans ses
mandibules, bien calée entre les pattes pour un gros câlin... Heu...
ben... peut-être pas...!!!
Le malheureux portecoupe est un poil plus gros.
Not really a cannibalism scene but close...
On this fabulous site where 10 odonates take off at every step, I was taking pics of something else when my eye perceived an unusual movement. My favorite form of Blue-tailed Damselfly! Its strange flight becomes clear... It has a sized prey in the mandibles, nested between the legs for a big cuddle... Well, maybe not!!!
The unfortunate Common blue is slightly bigger.
On this fabulous site where 10 odonates take off at every step, I was taking pics of something else when my eye perceived an unusual movement. My favorite form of Blue-tailed Damselfly! Its strange flight becomes clear... It has a sized prey in the mandibles, nested between the legs for a big cuddle... Well, maybe not!!!
The unfortunate Common blue is slightly bigger.
La première chose que l'on remarque est le trou fait sur le dos du
thorax, puis le prédateur s'attaque à la découpe soignée des ailes et de
l'abdomen:
After eating part of the thorax, Ishnura slices off wings and abdomen neatly:
Enallagma ne ressemble plus à rien mais tient encore sur ses pattes:
Enallagma doesn't look like much anymore but hangs on bravely:
Enallagma doesn't look like much anymore but hangs on bravely:
Finalement il n'en mangera pas plus et le reste de la proie tombe au sol.
Eventually, head and thorax will fall on the ground:
