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Date Posted: 08:19:17 07/18/12 Wed
Author: Shame Wednesday The Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) (European damselfly.)
Subject: July 18: Constitution Day in Uruguay (1830)

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July 18: Constitution Day in Uruguay (1830)

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The Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo) is a European damselfly. It is often found among fast-flowing waters. Males (shown here) have metallic blue wings and metallic blue-green bodies. Females have dark brown iridescent wings, a white pseudopterostigma near the tip of the wings and a metallic green body with a bronze tip of the abdomen.

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