DRAGONFLY World Of Insects Silver Coin 2$ Palau 2010

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, I am a: 2 DOLLARS SILVER COIN - WORLD OF INSECTS - DRAGONFLY - PALAU 2010 DRAGONFLY FROM WORLD OF INSECTS SERIES Beautiful second coin issued by the Republic of Palau in 2010 belonging to serie: World of Insect. It depicts the amazing drangonfly species and particularly it honors the Blue-eyed Hawker. The coin reverse depicts a splendid coloured dragonfly, on left side the total representation of an insect while it's on the grass, the legend "AESHNA AFFINIS" and the year of issue. The coin obverse depicts the Palau State Coat of Arms. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY DRAGONFLY AESHNA AFFINIS The Southern Migrant Hawker or Blue-eyed Hawker (Aeshna affinis) is a dragonfly found in southern Europe and Asia. As its name suggests the male has blue eyes and also blue marking on the abdomen.It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most dragonflies are held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. Dragonflies possess six legs (like any other insect), but most of them cannot walk well. Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes, and other small insects like flies, bees, ants, and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams read more

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