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Banded Pennant

Celithemis fasciata

The Banded Pennant is a colorful dragonfly with bright yellow and black stripes. It loves to fly around sunny areas, catching tiny bugs to eat. Watching it zoom by is always a fun sight!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Banded Pennant has a reddish-brown body, often with a brighter red abdomen in males, and distinctive dark reddish-brown bands or spots on each of its four transparent wings. Females tend to be more yellowish-brown, making them visually distinct from the brighter males.

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Banded Pennant
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Banded Pennant

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Banded Pennant nymphs live underwater for up to five years before they become adult dragonflies.

Each day, a single Banded Pennant can eat hundreds of bothersome mosquitoes.

They are ancient insects, having flown the Earth for over 300 million years!

They can control each of their four wings independently, allowing for amazing aerial stunts!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sight

Banded Pennant has huge compound eyes that help them spot tiny flying insects from far away in almost every direction.

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Flight

Banded Pennant can fly backwards, hover, and turn instantly because of its powerful, independently moving wings.

Fähigkeit

Prey Catching Basket

Banded Pennant has spiky legs that form a basket to scoop flying insects right out of the air while flying.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
50-70 mm
Größe
30-45 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
25 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These speedy hunters catch and eat other insects, especially pesky mosquitoes and flies!

Altersunterschiede: Young nymphs eat aquatic insects and tiny tadpoles underwater; adults eat flying insects above water.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • flies
  • gnats
  • small moths
  • midges

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adults actively pursue and eat mosquitoes.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Adult dragonflies can be prey for large frogs.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Nymphs living underwater are prey for fish.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Dragonflies are friendly and won't hurt you, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Banded Pennant?

50-70 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Banded Pennant?

30-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Banded Pennant?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Banded Pennant?

25 km/h

Was frisst Banded Pennant?

These speedy hunters catch and eat other insects, especially pesky mosquitoes and flies!

Wo findet man Banded Pennant normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Banded Pennant?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Banded Pennant?

6

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