One day, a young adventurer named Arin decided to brave the desert and seek out the Pierced Aspid. She had heard the stories, but her sister, a skilled healer, lay gravely ill, and Arin believed that the Aspid's powers could save her.
Piercedaspis idalis is currently known only from high-elevation (> 800m) glacial cirques and sphagnum-dominated fens. Unlike many Somatochlora species which patrol open water margins, P. idalis exhibits a unique "shaded patrol" behavior. Males hover slowly through stunted spruce-fir stands surrounding the fen, rarely venturing into direct sunlight. piercedaspid