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Metalpoint drawing in Gold , Silver, watercolour, gold leaf, palladium leaf, mica on mica and marble dust grounds 59cm x 47cm
Calico Pennant Dragonflies (Celithemis elisa) are colourful dragonflies who forage over fields and near wetlands. Often times, they will perch on the tips of grass stalks (or other leafy plants), where they sometimes allow a close approach. Males are red and black; females and immature males are black and yellow.
A key identifier for this species is the dark spot that occurs short of the wing tip (the subterminal dark spot): this spot is positioned next to the leading edge of the wing, and it does not extend as a band to the trailing edge of the wing. Females and young males have yellow wing veins, and bright yellow heart-shaped spots on the abdomen. Mature males have pink wing veins, and bright red heart-shaped spots on the abdomen. They can be found in Eastern and central North America
Unlike most dragonflies, male calico pennants are not territorial toward each other. Therefore, you may see groups of them perched on twigs and grasses on the margins of ponds and other still waters, looking for females.
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