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Libellen-Schmetterlingshaft

Libelloides coccajus

Notes:

Wir begannen gerade unsere Foto-Tour auf dem Rheinsteig bei Lorchhausen, als uns nach wenigen Schritten ein kleiner, dunkler Schatten auffiel, der immer wieder über den Weg huschte. Ein Blick nach oben ließ dann irgendein größeres Fluginsekt erkennen - ein Schmetterling? Es flog sehr schnell und in unruhigen Bahnen, da war es schwierig, etwas zu erkennen. Also beobachten und warten, bis sich das Tier mal hinsetzt. Mittlerweile tauchten noch zwei weitere Exemplare auf. Und endlich nahm eins der Tiere dann auch mal an einer Pflanze Platz. Es war mal wieder R., der sofort wusste, was für eine Besonderheit wir da erblickten. "Das sind ja Schmetterlingshafte!" Mir sagte das gar nichts, ich sah vor allem ein wunderschönes Tier, das irgendwie wie eine Mischung aus Schmetterling und Libelle aussah. Schmetterlinge haben allerdings keine Netzflügel - Schmetterlingshafte sind tatsächlich eine eigene Familie innerhalb der Ordnung der Netzflügler. Sie kommen nur an wenigen Stellen in Süd(west)deutschland vor, da sie sehr wärmeliebend sind und leicht- bis unbewachsene, offene, felsig-steinige Gebiete bevorzugen. Da solche Areale im Verschwinden begriffen sind, gelten die Libellen-Schmetterlingshafte bei uns als stark gefährdet. /////////////////// We just began our photo-tour on the Rheinsteig near Lorchhausen, when after some steps we noticed a small dark shadow scampering over the path. A look up then showed some flying insect - a butterfly? It flew really fast and on a turbulent course, it was hard to recognize anything. Thus we had to observe and wait 'til the insect would sit down. In the meantime two others appeared. And finally one of them took a seat on a plant. It was again R. who instantly knew which specialty we saw there. "But those are Owlflies!" I didn't know what that meant, all I saw was an absolutely beautiful animal that somehow looked like a mixture of a butter- and a dragonfly. But butterflies don't have net wings (is that the right term in english? I hope so ;)) - owlflies are actually an own family in the order of the Neuroptera. They only exist in a few spots in South(west)-Germany, because they are very warmth-loving and favor lightly to non-vegetated, open, rocky-stony areas. But such areas are more and more disappearing, thus "Libelloides coccajus" counts as being highly endangered.

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3 Comments

injica
injica 10 years ago

Ha ha ha, don't worry about mine there are plenty and new are coming everyday..and not so many are that interesting as yours! Yeah I really like them...among chrysomelidae and buprestidae and turtle beetles ;D I have a big heart for all of them ;) But I can't wait to see your adding ;))) good luck with transferring!

FFHRheingau
FFHRheingau 10 years ago

:D Nice to hear :)
I'm currently transfering old spottings from another site to PN (don't know, approx. a third is done now :-p), when that's done I'll take some rest and look around your spottings! ;) And since you seem to love especially longhorn beetles - there will be some nice guys coming soon :) Oh well, and then ... there are still hundreds and hundreds of untouched photos sleeping on my harddisk, waiting to be reviewed. Lots of work ahead :D

injica
injica 10 years ago

Owlflies are gorgeous, beautiful photo! I really like all your spotting!

FFHRheingau
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FFHRheingau

Lorch (Rhein), Hessen, Germany

Spotted on Apr 23, 2011
Submitted on Jun 26, 2013

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