Dragonfly - Araripegomphus andreneli (9)
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ITEM# INSECT-Brazil-0009
$1,200.00
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Lower Cretaceous (108-92 Ma)
Santana Formation, Brazil
ITEM# INSECT-Brazil-0009
Beautiful example of the dragonfly Araripegomphus andreneli from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Araripegomphus andreneli is a member of the Order Odonata, Family Araripegomphidae.
Odonata ("toothed ones") is an order of carnivorous insects, encompassing dragonflies and damselflies. Odonata includes some of the most ancient and beautiful insects that ever roamed Earth, as well as some of the largest flying invertebrates ever to have lived.
Odonata consists of three groups: Anisoptera (which includes dragonflies), Zygoptera (which includes damselflies), and Anisozygoptera (a relict group represented by only two living species. This order is very diverse with about 5000 species.
The fossil giant dragonfly Meganeurospis permiana from the Permian of North America had up to a 71 cm wing span and 43 cm body length and was the largest insect of all time. Meganeurospis permiana belonged to the order Meganisoptera, the griffinflies, related to odonates but not part of the modern order Odonata.
Most of a dragonfly's life is spent in the larval stage where it molts from six to fifteen times. Depending on altitude and latitude, larval development varies from the common one or two years to as many as six years. At that time, the nymph crawls up out of the water and molts one last time, emerging from its old skin as an adult with functional wings. Unlike butterflies and beetles, dragonflies and damselflies do not have an intermediate pupal stage before becoming an adult. Because of this, Odonata are said to be hemimetabolous, or undergo an "incomplete" or "gradual" metamorphosis.
This beautiful dragonfly measures approximately 1 3/4 inches wide on a matrix measuring 5 1/4 inches long by 5 1/8 inches wide.
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Santana Formation, Brazil
ITEM# INSECT-Brazil-0009
Beautiful example of the dragonfly Araripegomphus andreneli from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Araripegomphus andreneli is a member of the Order Odonata, Family Araripegomphidae.
Odonata ("toothed ones") is an order of carnivorous insects, encompassing dragonflies and damselflies. Odonata includes some of the most ancient and beautiful insects that ever roamed Earth, as well as some of the largest flying invertebrates ever to have lived.
Odonata consists of three groups: Anisoptera (which includes dragonflies), Zygoptera (which includes damselflies), and Anisozygoptera (a relict group represented by only two living species. This order is very diverse with about 5000 species.
The fossil giant dragonfly Meganeurospis permiana from the Permian of North America had up to a 71 cm wing span and 43 cm body length and was the largest insect of all time. Meganeurospis permiana belonged to the order Meganisoptera, the griffinflies, related to odonates but not part of the modern order Odonata.
Most of a dragonfly's life is spent in the larval stage where it molts from six to fifteen times. Depending on altitude and latitude, larval development varies from the common one or two years to as many as six years. At that time, the nymph crawls up out of the water and molts one last time, emerging from its old skin as an adult with functional wings. Unlike butterflies and beetles, dragonflies and damselflies do not have an intermediate pupal stage before becoming an adult. Because of this, Odonata are said to be hemimetabolous, or undergo an "incomplete" or "gradual" metamorphosis.
This beautiful dragonfly measures approximately 1 3/4 inches wide on a matrix measuring 5 1/4 inches long by 5 1/8 inches wide.
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