Northern Damselfly vs Armoured Ground Cricket

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Northern Damselfly Armoured Ground Cricket
Scientific Name Coenagrion johanssoni Acanthoplus longipes
Order Odonata Orthoptera
Family Coenagrionidae Tettigoniidae
Size 28-35 mm body length 45-60 mm
Habitat Wetlands Deserts & Drylands
Diet Omnivores Omnivores
Regions Northern Scandinavia, Finland, northern Russia, Siberia Southern Africa
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Northern Damselfly

A delicate blue and black damselfly with narrow wings held together above the body at rest. Males have a distinctive blue pattern on the abdomen. It breeds in bog pools and marshy lakeshores.

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Did You Know?

This damselfly has one of the most northerly distributions of any odonate, surviving in habitats where the breeding season lasts only a few weeks.

Armoured Ground Cricket

A robust flightless katydid covered in sharp spines across its thorax and legs. It is an omnivorous insect found in arid bushveld.

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Did You Know?

They are cannibalistic and will devour injured members of their own species during mass marching events.