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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Dragonflies (Anisoptera) » Skimmers (Libellulidae) » Corporals (Ladona) » Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)
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Dragonfly - with parasite eggs? - Ladona julia
Copyright © 2016 dotterel

Dragonfly - with parasite eggs? - Ladona julia
Bala, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada
June 27, 2016
Size: 4-5 cm approx
I identified this as a Chalk-fronted Corporal but I thought someone might be interested in the apparent parasite eggs beneath the thorax. No all of the Corporals I saw had this.
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Contributed by dotterel on 28 June, 2016 - 11:02am
Last updated 11 March, 2018 - 2:06pm

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… Roxanne S. Bernard, 11 March, 2018 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

Parasitic mites. They attache
Parasitic mites. They attache themselves shortly after the ode emerges from the larval shell, feed until engorged then fall off into the water again to start the cycle new.
Not uncommon, in some areas they can be quite abundant, looks like wherever these guys emerged had a high population of mites.
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