Giant Helicopter damselflies (Microstigma rotundatum family Pseudostigmatidae) mating, The pair are mating while roosting at night in the rainforest u

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Giant Helicopter damselflies (Microstigma rotundatum family Pseudostigmatidae) mating, The pair are mating while roosting at night in the rainforest understory. Helicopter damselflies fly with a characteristic slow wing beat and feed on spiders which they pluck out of their webs. Photographed in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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