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.
The Amstel (. [ËÉmstÉl]) is a river in the Netherlands which runs through the city of Amsterdam. The river's name is derived from Aeme-stelle, old Dutch for water-area, namely, an area abounding with water.The well-known bridge Magere Brug in Amsterdam crosses the river, as do the bridges Blauwbrug, Hoge Sluis and Berlagebrug.msterdam has a street named Amstel (along the river), a square named Amstelveld and a train station named Amsterdam Amstel. In the former Dutch colonies in North America, a town was captured from the Swedes in 1655 and renamed Nieuw-Amstel (New Amstel).