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Carolina Saddlebags

Tramea carolina

The Carolina Saddlebags is a colorful dragonfly that loves to fly around ponds and lakes. With its bright colors and unique shape, it is a fun insect to spot while exploring nature!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Carolina Saddlebags has a reddish-brown or yellowish body with distinctive large, dark brown 'saddlebag' patches at the base of its hind wings. Males typically have a bright red abdomen, while females are yellowish or brownish, making them easily distinguishable from other dragonflies.

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Carolina Saddlebags
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Carolina Saddlebags

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

As a baby, it breathes underwater using gills inside its rear end!

Dragonflies are ancient, flying the skies even before dinosaurs roamed Earth!

Each of their four wings can move separately, like tiny independent helicopter rotors!

Some Carolina Saddlebags migrate thousands of miles like tiny, jewel-toned airplanes!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

360 Vision

Carolina Saddlebags has enormous compound eyes that give them nearly 360-degree vision, helping them spot prey and avoid predators.

Fähigkeit

Aerobatic Flight

Carolina Saddlebags can fly forwards, backward, and hover, using independently controlled wings for incredible aerial agility.

Fähigkeit

Aquatic Hunter

Carolina Saddlebags nymphs are fierce underwater predators, catching other insects and even small fish with their extendable jaws.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
70-120 mm
Größe
45-60 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
45 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

A speedy air hunter, the Carolina Saddlebags eats flying insects with incredible agility.

Altersunterschiede: Young dragonflies (nymphs) live underwater and eat aquatic insects and small tadpoles; adults hunt flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • flies
  • small moths
  • butterflies
  • damselflies

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Common House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Adults catch flying mosquitoes in mid-air.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Adult dragonflies can be snatched by hungry frogs.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Larval nymphs are prey for this fish.

eaten by

Tree Swallow

Tachycineta bicolor

Birds can capture adult dragonflies during flight.

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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 Carolina Saddlebags?

70-120 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Carolina Saddlebags?

45-60 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Carolina Saddlebags?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Carolina Saddlebags?

45 km/h

Was frisst Carolina Saddlebags?

A speedy air hunter, the Carolina Saddlebags eats flying insects with incredible agility.

Wo findet man Carolina Saddlebags normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Carolina Saddlebags?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Carolina Saddlebags?

6

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