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Pruinescence /ˌpruːɪˈnɛsəns/, or pruinosity, is a "frosted" or dusty-looking
coating on top of a surface. It may also be
called a
pruina (plural: pruinae)...
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Young male
without pruinescence showing the
white patch at the base of his
hindwings Female without pruinescence Female with
pruinescence Mating Female wings...
- dull
brown to
black in
colour with pale markings.
Adults have a
slight pruinescence This
damselfly is
named after F.C. Fraser, the
English entomologist who...
- sides. The
brown color of the
thorax will
change to bluish-white due to
pruinescence in adults. Its
abdomen is pale
yellowish brown at the
sides in the young...
- water's edge, and
patrolling it to
drive off
other males. The
white pruinescence on the abdomen,
found only in
mature males, is displa**** to
other males...
- Queensland, Australia.
Males are dark in
colour and
covered in a pale
pruinescence with a red tip to
their tail,
while females are
black with a distinctive...
- down the
middle of the abdomen. As they mature,
males develop a
white pruinescence on the top of the
thorax and at the base of the abdomen,
while the rest...
- black-green
metallic in
colour with pale markings;
adults have only a
slight pruinescence. Like
other members of the
family Argiolestidae, it
rests with its wings...
- It is a
small damselfly; the male, when mature, is
covered in a
white pruinescence. It is
endemic to
northern Australia where it
inhabits both
still and...
- a
tropical wisp. It is a
small damselfly;
mature males have a
white pruinescence over
their body, and a dark end to
their tail. It is
endemic to north-eastern...
