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Damselfly with globular structures

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Slim damselfly. Green and brown. Common. But what intrigues me are those globular structures on the thorax. Cropped the picture to blow up the structures in Photo number 2.

Can't be eggs? Parasites, then? Mating appendages? Or What????
Can anyone help? Please.

Habitat:

Plant by the side of the road, outside my house.

Notes:

Most likely a Pygmy Dartlet
Agriocnemis pygmae
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/417276036
There is a tiny hopper on the top of the leaf too.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
SukanyaDatta
Parasitic mites? Round? I thought maybe parasite eggs....THANKS, Deepti S. I was scratching my head like anything!
eeptii x
These ‘globular structures’ are odonate parasites or water mites feeding on them while having a free ride and carry them on their new habitat, a new place for the parasites to propagate. So, damselflies and dragonflies were not only a good indicator of the ecological integrity but a disperser of these parasitic organism as well. http://dabawenyolife.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/damselfly-4-parasite-carrier-damselfly/
SukanyaDatta
Thanks, Deepti S...but any idea what those round structures are...so oddly positioned too.

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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedOctober 24, 2014

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