Calico Pennant

Celithemis elisa

The Calico Pennant is a colorful dragonfly with bright red and yellow patterns. They love to fly around sunny areas and can often be seen resting on plants or rocks near water.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Calico Pennant is a medium-sized dragonfly with a striking pattern. Its wings are clear but marked with prominent dark brown and reddish-yellow patches, creating a distinct 'calico' or checkerboard effect. The body is typically reddish-brown with yellow markings, making it visually distinct from solid-winged species.

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Calico Pennant

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Calico Pennants can perch and bask in the sun to warm up, just like tiny lizards!

Dragonflies spend most of their life underwater as fierce aquatic predators!

Male Calico Pennants 'patrol' territories over ponds to find a mate and guard it!

These dragonflies can catch flying insects with incredible precision, even in mid-air!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Calico Pennant can dart, hover, and fly backwards because of its four independently controlled wings that help them hunt agile prey.

Calico Pennant has massive compound eyes that allow it to see almost 360 degrees, helping them spot tiny insects from far away.

Calico Pennant nymphs can quickly snatch prey with a hinged lower lip that helps them catch other aquatic creatures.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 45-60 mm
Größe: 30-45 mm
Lebenserwartung: 30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 35 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They are airborne hunters that snatch other insects right out of the sky!

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs hunt aquatic invertebrates underwater; adults hunt flying insects in the air.

Hauptnahrung

Mosquitoes
Flies
Midges
Gnats
Smaller dragonflies

Nahrungssuche

Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Adult dragonflies are prey for this bird.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Adults and nymphs can be eaten by bullfrogs.

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adult dragonflies prey on adult mosquitoes.

hunts

Non-biting Midge

Chironomus plumosus

Adult Calico Pennants eat flying midges.

eaten by

Bluegill Sunfish

Lepomis macrochirus

Aquatic nymphs are prey for this fish.

Merkmale

Sozial

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Farbenfroh

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Insektenfressend

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Feuchtgebiet

Dieses Lebensraummerkmal kennzeichnet Arten, die in Feuchtgebieten vorkommen. Dies sind Landflächen, die dauerhaft oder saisonal mit Wasser gesättigt sind, darunter Marschland, Sümpfe und Moore.