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Helicopter damselfly

Megaloprepus caerulatus

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata

Pseudostigmatinae is an obsolete subfamily of tropical damselflies belonging to the family Coenagrionidae, known as helicopter damselflies, giant damselflies, or forest giants. The subfamily includes the largest of all damselfly species. They specialize in preying on web-building spiders, and breed in phytotelmata, the small bodies of water held by plants such as bromeliads.

Distribution

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