Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890
(Scarce Emerald Damselfly)

Interactions where Lestes dryas is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
wing base (upper side) (live) live wing base (upper side) of adult has blood sucked by adult UK/Ireland Forcipomyia paludis Dragonfly-biting Midge Diptera: Ceratopogonidae Forcipomyia paludis (Macfie, 1936) (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) the dragonfly biting midge: first British records since 1936, Telfer, M.G., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Ceratopogonidae/Forcipomyia paludis/Forcipomyia paludisdragonfly-biting midgeadult Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Odonata/Lestidae/Lestes dryas/Lestes dryasscarce emerald damselflylivewing base (upper side)adult adult sucks the blood of live wing base (upper side) of adult

Author & YearTitleSource
Telfer, M.G., 2009Forcipomyia paludis (Macfie, 1936) (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) the dragonfly biting midge: first British records since 1936Dipterists Digest (2nd Series) Vol. 16, No. 1: 31-32.

Lestes dryas (Scarce Emerald Damselfly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lestes dryas (Scarce Emerald Damselfly) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLestes dryas (Scarce Emerald Damselfly)
GenusLestes (emerald damselflies)
FamilyLESTIDAE (emerald damselflies)
SuborderZYGOPTERA (damselflies)
OrderODONATA (dragonflies and damselflies)
InfraclassPalaeoptera (dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lestes dryas (Scarce Emerald Damselfly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Gibbons, B. 2003 Male Scarce Emerald Damselfly Vol 14, No. 3 Page: 204
Green, P. 2004 Male Scarce Emerald Damselfly Vol 15, No. 3 Page: 204

Lestes dryas (Scarce Emerald Damselfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lestes dryas (Scarce Emerald Damselfly):

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