APPEARANCE: About 1-1/4 inches long; male has violet abdomen and black head and thorax; female is dark brown to black; clear wings. HABITS: Found along slow streams, shallow weedy lakes or coves of large rivers; alight on grasses and plant stems. DIET: Feed on small, soft-bodied insects.
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht ( uitspraak (info / uitleg); plaatselijk dialect t Ambacht) is een dorp en gemeente in de Nederlandse provincie Zuid-Holland. Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht ligt, behalve voor wat betreft de CrezÃ©epolder, in de Zwijndrechtse Waard, een deel van IJsselmonde.
It is also capital of the local government region MÃ¼nsterland. MÃ¼nster was the location of the Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation and the site of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Today it is known as the bicycle capital of Germany.