Helicopter damsels
Scientific name: Mecistogaster
Helicopter damsels
Scientific name: Mecistogaster
Photo By Liam O'Brien , used under CC-BY-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original
Description
Members of this genus have very long abdomens which they use to deposit their eggs in the water-filled rosettes of bromeliads growing on trees in the forest.
Species of Helicopter damsels
Photo By Liam O'Brien , used under CC-BY-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original