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This template is part of series of templates, which are used as building blocks of Wikipedia:Picture of the day display templates. They are used to indirectly extract information from parameters, which are saved in subpages of Template:POTD.

Information extracted from Template:POTD/2025-06-09
Template	Via parameter	Value	Description
{{POTD image}}	`\|image=`	`Lestes dryas male (side view) - Kulna.jpg`	Filename of the picture.
{{POTD size}}	`\|size=`	`300`	Preferred size of the picture. It is `300` by default.
{{POTD title}}	`\|title=`	Lestes dryas	A short text, describing the picture, often a wikilink.
{{POTD texttitle}}	`\|texttitle=`	Lestes dryas	A short text, describing the picture without wikilinks.
{{POTD caption}}	`\|caption=`	Lestes dryas is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names include emerald spreadwing, scarce emerald damselfly, and robust spreadwing. This species is native to the Holarctic realm, especially northern parts of Eurasia and North America, and relictual in North Africa. It is about 35 to 42 millimetres (1.4 to 1.7 in) long, with the males generally longer than the females. The males have a wingspan of about 45 millimetres (1.8 in), and the females of about 47 millimetres (1.9 in). Both sexes of L. dryas have largely metallic green bodies with a bronze iridescence, with blue pruinescence developing as they age. This male emerald spreadwing was photographed in Kulna, Estonia.	A long text, describing the picture. Usually it is a blurb from the linked Wikipedia article.
{{POTD credit}}	`\|credit=`	Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus	Credit for the picture.
{{POTD thumb}}	`\|thumb=`	None	Thumbnail for the picture. Used for animations.

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