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•  Info Ceriagrion cerinorubellum with prey. C/U/N: Jkadavoor -- Jee 04:30, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support -- Usually the food of these damselflies are smaller moths, mosquitoes and other small insects. Here it is able to catch a somewhat bigger moth using its basket legs. But due to the excessive weight, it failed to manage a typical landing; but somehow managed a perch on a leaf and balanced with the tail end of its abdomen. I can see the prey making every effort to escape. When the head of the prey is finished, it moved to a comfortable perch. The white flakes we see in the air, body of the damselfly and leaf are loosen wing-scales of the moth. Jee 04:30, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support - Good capture (you and the damselfly). -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:37, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:56, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Mile (talk) 08:42, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support -- Colin (talk) 09:07, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Technically not so good, but brilliant capture. Charles (talk) 09:17, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --cart-Talk 10:05, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support I already noticed this image, and I wondered if this is the same individual who, frightened by you, moved with his prey. I wonder if odonates carries heavy and far... Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 17:25, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

• Big odonates like Orthetrum sabina are able to hunt other near sized odonates or butterflies. But damselflies are weak and supposed to hunt small preys. Any way they need to hunt the prey in air using the basket legs (dragonflies can catch the prey only when the prey is in flight; damselflies can catch/pick small perched preys too) and soon make a comfortable perch using the remaining legs. Here the prey is big and the damselfly failed to kill it fast. It is making some movements to escape. So the damselfly used all the legs to grab the prey and made a strange landing. When the prey became dead, it moved to its classical perch. Jee 02:22, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Thanks for the answer, that's interesting. If the basket legs are not useful in locomotion, it seems odonates uses also the basket legs also to perch and cling when they have not a prey. Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 05:39, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Yes. As odonates can't walk, they use their legs to perch and catch. Sometimes they use only the middle legs; using the third row of legs to balance,keeping forelegs unused. The forelegs can be used to clean their eyes as used here. The most interesting perch is this where all legs are used to form a roller bearing. Here it can rotate according to the wing directions without realsing the grips with the branch! That damselfly is a showman enjoying to showcase its gymnastic talents when the wind blows. ;) Jee 06:02, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

•  Support lNeverCry 19:33, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 23:33, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Measured support I wonder if some of the top could be cropped off to take advantage of the latitudinality of the image. Daniel Case (talk) 05:53, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

• Daniel Case, it is possible to try a en:16:9 or en:16:10 format; but I hesitate at this moment to change it. Jee 06:08, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

OK, your choice. Daniel Case (talk) 06:09, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Daniel's suggestion is quite reasonable, but I think it's best to leave as is as other users may prefer current format. Charles (talk) 09:23, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

•  Comment The Photographer, I saw the note you added in the image. It is not dust, The white flakes we see in the air, body of the damselfly and leaf are loosen wing-scales of the moth. I kept it intentionally as I hope it will add more reality to the picture. See another one. Jee 15:46, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

 Support Per Jkadavoor comment --The Photographer 15:54, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

•  Support --Yann (talk) 15:47, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Samsara (talk) 00:56, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:05, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Ivar (talk) 13:19, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 18:00, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Laitche (talk) 15:55, 10 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Milseburg (talk) 12:18, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 21:43, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 20 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /lNeverCry 08:11, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

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