He who is too slow is punished by life: Calopteryx virgo (l.) entangled by the tendril of a vetch during emergence (zygoptera: Calopterygidae)

Abstract

At a rivulet in the western fringe area of Munich, Germany, an immature ♂ was photographed with its right forewing tightly entwined around by the tendril of a vetch. Obviously the tendril had entangled the not yet unfolded wing briefly after emergence. The living insect was unable to escape from its bonds This is only the third published case of a biotic interaction of this type.