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Band-winged Dragonlet

Erythrodiplax umbrata

The Band-winged Dragonlet is a tiny dragonfly with beautiful, colorful wings. It loves to flutter around ponds and wetlands, showing off its bright colors to everyone!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Band-winged Dragonlet is a small, robust dragonfly, typically dark-bodied. Males often display a pruinose blue-gray coating on their abdomen and distinct dark brown or black bands across the base and middle of their wings. Females are generally yellowish-brown with less prominent wing markings.

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Band-winged Dragonlet
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Band-winged Dragonlet

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Each of their four wings can move separately, making them incredible flying acrobats!

Fossil dragonflies were gigantic, some with wingspans like a hawk!

Most of a Band-winged Dragonlet's life is spent underwater as a fierce nymph!

These aerial hunters are super speedy, catching other insects right out of the air!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Omni-Vision Gaze

Band-winged Dragonlet can see almost 360 degrees with its huge compound eyes, which helps them spot tiny flying prey from far away.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobatics

Band-winged Dragonlet has four independently moving wings that allow it to hover, fly backward, and change direction instantly for agile hunting.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Prowler

Band-winged Dragonlet nymphs can breathe underwater using internal gills, allowing them to live and hunt efficiently in aquatic environments.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
45-65 mm
Größe
25-38 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They are expert hunters, feasting on small flying insects they catch mid-air.

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs hunt aquatic insects, while adults catch flying insects in the air.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • midges
  • flies
  • small moths
  • butterflies
  • small wasps

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Adult dragonlets are a food source for insectivorous birds.

eaten by

Eastern Mosquitofish

Gambusia holbrooki

Fish, like this species, prey on the aquatic nymphs.

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adults help control populations of various pest mosquitoes.

hunts

Common House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Dragonlet nymphs and adults consume mosquito larvae and adults.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be gentle and watch from a distance when you see dragonflies; they are delicate creatures.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Band-winged Dragonlet?

45-65 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Band-winged Dragonlet?

25-38 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Band-winged Dragonlet?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Band-winged Dragonlet?

15 km/h

Was frisst Band-winged Dragonlet?

They are expert hunters, feasting on small flying insects they catch mid-air.

Wo findet man Band-winged Dragonlet normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Band-winged Dragonlet?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Band-winged Dragonlet?

6

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