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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 52 No. 52 |

Common Winter Damselfly
Common Winter Damselfly (Sympecma fusca) – species of suborder “Damselflies“

Sympecma fusca, the common winter damselfly, is a damselfly a member of the Lestidae and related to the emeralds or spreadwings....

Ancestry Graph

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„Common Winter Damselfly“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily