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Blue-eyed Darner

Rhionaeschna multicolor

The Blue-eyed Darner is a beautiful dragonfly with bright blue eyes and colorful wings. It loves to fly around near water and is fun to watch as it zooms through the air!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Blue-eyed Darner is a large, powerful dragonfly with striking iridescent blue eyes in males. Its robust body is dark brown or black, marked with bright blue spots or stripes, making it visually distinct. Females have similar patterns but often with greenish or yellowish eyes.

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Blue-eyed Darner
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Blue-eyed Darner

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A Blue-eyed Darner's wings beat independently for incredible flight control.

Dragonflies are ancient insects; their ancestors lived before dinosaurs!

It catches flying prey mid-air using its spiky legs like a net.

They can even see light that is polarized, helping them find water!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sight

Blue-eyed Darners have huge compound eyes for nearly 360-degree vision, helping them spot tiny prey and predators.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobat

Blue-eyed Darners can hover, fly backward, and change direction instantly because their four wings move independently.

Fähigkeit

Nymph Grabber

Blue-eyed Darner nymphs have an extendable lower lip (labium) that shoots out to snatch aquatic prey.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
90-110 mm
Größe
65-75 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
40 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They are fierce aerial hunters, catching and eating other flying insects while in flight.

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs (larvae) are aquatic predators, eating small fish, tadpoles, and other aquatic insects; adults hunt flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • Mosquitoes
  • Flies
  • Midges
  • Moths
  • Butterflies
  • Bees

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Common malaria mosquito

Anopheles quadrimaculatus

Reduces populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes.

hunts

House fly

Musca domestica

Helps control common pest insects around water.

eaten by

American bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Larval and adult darners can be food for larger predators.

eaten by

House sparrow

Passer domesticus

Adult dragonflies are a food source for many bird species.

eaten by

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Fish commonly prey on dragonfly nymphs in aquatic habitats.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Dragonflies are safe to watch, but don't try to catch them; they are delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Blue-eyed Darner?

90-110 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Blue-eyed Darner?

65-75 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Blue-eyed Darner?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Blue-eyed Darner?

40 km/h

Was frisst Blue-eyed Darner?

They are fierce aerial hunters, catching and eating other flying insects while in flight.

Wo findet man Blue-eyed Darner normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Blue-eyed Darner?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Blue-eyed Darner?

6

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