{"id":2513,"date":"2011-08-08T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T23:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2011-08-08T16:47:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T23:47:34","slug":"bluet-protectionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=2513","title":{"rendered":"Bluet protectionism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first thing to realize when watching the\u00a0Tule Bluet is that you can normally tell the boys from the girls. The males are blue and black while the females are brown and black.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2518\" style=\"width: 366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2518\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2518\" onmousedown=\"return false\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bluet2ss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"237\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tule Bluets mating in the wheel position (taken a previous year)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is of interest to tell the sexes apart as these damselflies seem to spend most of their adult lives either trying to mate, mating, protecting their investment, or laying eggs.<\/p>\n<p>Damselflies are one of August\u2019s lakeshore delights. More often in the past, I have seen them mate, something they do in what is known as the wheel position where the male clasps the female by the back of the head. After mating, he maintains this hold on her neck and accompanies her until she has laid the eggs he fertilized.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, I watched the later stages of this interaction: the flying away, fending off competitors, and guarding her until eggs are laid on a plant just below the surface of the water. Three pictures, below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is my freshly mated girlfriend; I drag her around with me because&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2514\" onmousedown=\"return false\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bluets110807cs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>so many others would like to transform my investment into their own investment.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2515\" onmousedown=\"return false\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bluets110807bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I stay locked on her until she has laid all (my) eggs (and hope that those minnows don\u2019t eat them).<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2516\" onmousedown=\"return false\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/bluets110807as.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first thing to realize when watching the\u00a0Tule Bluet is that you can normally tell the boys from the girls. The males are blue and black while the females are brown and black. 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