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Big Bluet

Enallagma durum

The Big Bluet is a beautiful dragonfly with bright blue colors. They love to fly around water and are fun to watch as they zip through the air!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Big Bluet has a slender body, often bright blue and black markings, and two pairs of clear, delicate wings. Its large, widely spaced eyes allow for excellent vision. It's noticeably larger than other bluet damselflies.

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Big Bluet

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Big Bluets spend most of their life as nymphs, hunting in ponds.

Damselflies cannot sting people; they are completely harmless!

Males have a unique 'Mickey Mouse' pattern on their blue tails.

They clean the air by eating thousands of annoying mosquitoes.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Underwater Warrior

Big Bluet larvae can hunt underwater using a special hinged jaw called a labium, which helps them ambush prey.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobat

Big Bluet can fly with incredible agility, darting and hovering to catch tiny flying insects in mid-air.

Fähigkeit

All-Around Vision

Big Bluet has huge compound eyes that allow them to see almost 360 degrees, helping them spot both prey and predators.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
40-55 mm
Größe
30-45 mm
Lebenserwartung
365-730 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These agile hunters feast on small insects, both in the air and under the water as larvae!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae hunt underwater; adults catch flying insects in the air.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • small flies
  • midges
  • aquatic insect larvae

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adult Big Bluets prey on these.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Bullfrogs often snatch adult damselflies.

eaten by

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Fish commonly eat damselfly nymphs.

shelters

Common Cattail

Typha latifolia

Provides resting spots and egg-laying sites.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be careful not to catch dragonflies; they are best enjoyed flying around!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Big Bluet?

40-55 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Big Bluet?

30-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Big Bluet?

365-730 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Big Bluet?

10 km/h

Was frisst Big Bluet?

These agile hunters feast on small insects, both in the air and under the water as larvae!

Wo findet man Big Bluet normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Big Bluet?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Big Bluet?

6

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