Butterly ? Dragonfly ? No... by Jean_C
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Description
It's really another family of insects, the Neuroptera. His name in french is "Ascalaphe soufré" (Libelloides coccaius). Don't know the english name.
He hunts small insects in flight.
He arises from time to time on stems and exposes its wings in the sun, but if a cloud passes, he folds its roof-shaped wings. We can then pick the stem which carries him, he does not fly, but goes to the opposite to escape the eyes of the picker!
C'est une autre famille d'insectes, les neuroptères. Son nom est "Ascalaphe soufré" (Libelloides coccaius).
Il chasse de petits insectes au cours de son vol.
Il se pose de temps à autre sur les tiges et expose ses ailes au soleil, mais si un nuage passe, il replie ses ailes en forme de toit. On peut alors cueillir la tige qui le porte, il ne s'envole pas, mais va à l'opposé pour échapper aux yeux du cueilleur!
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Comments (46)
jeffy3ds
belle macro ..l'insecte a de superbe couleur !!
Leije
Cet insecte est vraiment particulier, et ta prise de vue le met bien en valeur sur ce beau fond végétal, magnifique macrophoto très nette, Jean-Claude !
Cyve
Quelle étonnant insecte mon ami avec un comportement tout aussi étonnant... Fabuleuse capture et merci de nous faire découvrir je petit bijoux de dame nature que sont les Ascalaphe soufré!!!
photosynthesis
Great detail & color - never seen one of these before...
MagikUnicorn
Magnifique
matstan2610
Fantastic close-up, beautiful photo.
Otto1969
Excellent capture, great details!
soffy
What a fantastic capture of this beautiful insect,Jean,lovely colors and details*****
Faemike55
cool and curious
Traumsuse
wonderful view!
rbowen
Very beautiful capture!!!
romangirl
Wonderful catch!
eekdog
A very unique looking insect, maybe a cross between the two. Crisp and superb shot, Jean.
anitalee
Amazing
Crudelitas
Nature fills any free niche. There even is room for such chimeras. Fantastic creatures! Great photo, Jean-Claude!
jif3d
Looks scary, especially if you are another insect !
Great find and Nature capture Jean, can't say I have ever seen anything like this before, thanks for the share.
~Cheers~
Windigo
It is built like a jet fighter plane! Never saw anything like this before. A superb photo also!
beas62
Very interesting! Nice capture.
Freethinker56
This is such a cool photo Jean..love nature this is at its best
calico_jester
fascinating little creature, and a well taken image
Richardphotos
maybe it is what is called here "a fly mimic". they pretend to be other insects so predators will leave them alone such as Bees
high clarity and focus
rhol_figament
Very cool wing pattern, nice one!
giulband
WOW !! Perfect shot, very very very well taken close-up !!
claude19
une très belle petite merveille de la nature et un nouvel exploît de ton réel talent de photographe ! une bien belle capture ! merci pour les infos !!! superbe;
bluart
quelle belle capture,tres interessant cet insecte ,une superbe decouverte pour nos yeux
byteline
Let the insect grow only once, then it is perhaps a dragon.
Great shot! 
starship64
It sure is pretty! Great capture.
pchef
très bel insecte, le piqué de la photo est excellent
mtdana
Very unusual and brightly colored - fantastic action capture!!!
aqua1955
Never seen it and must say it is a beautiful creature caught by your lens in a perfect way