As its name suggests, the blue notho is bright blue, and each scale has a darker blue edge. The male blue notho can be distinguished by its vibrant red tail. The female blue notho is not as brightly coloured as the male and is hard to distinguish from females of other Nothobranchius species.
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Even though forests cover a third of the Earth's land surface and can be incredibly diverse, we know remarkably little about the function of diversity in forests, said Susan Cook-Patton, a Smithsonian postdoctoral fellow and the study's lead author.
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Consequently, the blue notho must complete its lifecycle within this brief period. Like other killifish, it is likely that the male blue notho is very territorial, and defends an area against intrusion from all other males. As the blue notho must reproduce before its temporary water habitat dries out, it is likely to mate with any females that enter its territory.
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They are large but slender species, adapted to life in dense forests where the females oviposit in soft moist wood-rot at the margin of tree holes. Larvae are predatory and feed on each other and on other species of aquatic organism sharing the habitat.
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Megaloprepus is distinguished from all other Pseudostigmatids by a heavy metallic-blue band across each wing and a suffuse whitish area before and after the dark band. Adult wing span can reach 170 mm.
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Cadima, X., van Zonneveld, M., Scheldeman, X., Castaneda, N., Patino, F., Beltran, M., and Van Damme, P. 2014. Endemic wild potato (Solanum spp.) biodiversity status in Bolivia: reasons for conservation concerns. J. Nature Conserv. 22(2):113-131.
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Christianen, M.J.A., Herman, P.M.J., Bouma, T.J., Lamers, L.P.M., van Katwijk, M.M., van der Heide, T., Mumby, P.J., Silliman, B.R., Engelhard, S.L., de Kerk, M.V., Kiswara, W., and van de Koppel, J. 2014.
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Most tree holes contain less than a liter of water, but some can hold as much as 50 liters. Male Megaloprepus defend these larger holes as breeding territories, mating with females who come to the tree hole to oviposit. Several factors make large tree holes more valuable to Megaloprepus than small ones. Not only can their greater volume accommodate more naiads at a time, they have a higher density of prey in the form of tadpoles and mosquito larvae; this allows the naiads to grow more rapidly and reach adulthood sooner.
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The researchers meticulously tracked the plots for three years, recording growth, survival and herbivore damage. They discovered that the dominant species—including red maple, green ash and red oak—all suffered intense deer browsing. Meanwhile, deer shunned most of the least productive species, including hickory.
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Megaloprepus caerulatus is a damselfly of the Forest Giant family (Pseudostigmatidae), found in wet and moist forests in Central and South America.
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how heavy can a megaloprepus
A Megaloprepus is of 50 liters.