I think the reason the male is more decorative is that the female choses her mate so the male has to up his game in order to be chosen as a mating partner. Taken from “ The evolution of Beauty”by Richard Prum
There are a few spottings of these guys in the Yucatan but mostly north. The northern dragonflies do seem bigger to me. Another research project! Thanks Jeanine!
Point of contention: the female does NOT have to take the name of the male, she Chooses to 😎
Thanks for this. I rushed a bit in writing this post. I’ve gone back and edited. Hope its better now.
Yes I agree!!!
I think the reason the male is more decorative is that the female choses her mate so the male has to up his game in order to be chosen as a mating partner. Taken from “ The evolution of Beauty”by Richard Prum
Thanks Tim! That sounds perfectly reasonable.
We get dragonflies at our pond but they’re so much smaller lately. They lay eggs in the pond which I’m sure the fish immediately gobble up.
There are a few spottings of these guys in the Yucatan but mostly north. The northern dragonflies do seem bigger to me. Another research project! Thanks Jeanine!
A pleasure!
We called the big ones "horse stingers" that's in UK.