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Common Whitetail

Plathemis lydia

The Common Whitetail is a beautiful dragonfly with white patches on its wings. It loves to fly around ponds and sunny spots, making it a fun sight to see!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Common Whitetail is a medium-sized dragonfly with a robust body. Males have a broad, chalky-white abdomen and dark patches at the base and middle of their clear wings. Females are yellowish-brown with a row of triangular spots along the abdomen and similar wing markings.

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Common Whitetail
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Common Whitetail

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A single Common Whitetail can eat hundreds of mosquitoes every single day!

Baby Common Whitetails can live underwater for several years before they fly!

Dragonflies have been zipping around Earth for over 300 million years!

They hold their six spiky legs like a basket to scoop up prey right out of the air!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Eagle Eyes

Common Whitetail has enormous compound eyes that help them spot tiny flying insects in almost every direction while hunting.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobatics

Common Whitetail can fly straight up, backward, or hover perfectly still because of their two pairs of independently moving wings.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Ambusher

Common Whitetail larvae have a special hinged jaw that shoots out to grab and catch prey underwater very quickly.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
70-80 mm
Größe
39-50 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
45 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Common Whitetails are fierce insect hunters, eating many different kinds of small flying insects.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae (naiads) eat aquatic insects, tadpoles, and small fish, while adults only eat flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitos
  • flies
  • gnats
  • midges
  • small moths

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adults prey on this mosquito species.

hunts

Common Green Darner

Anax junius

Larger dragonflies occasionally prey on smaller ones.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Adult dragonflies are a food source for these birds.

eaten by

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Fish prey on Common Whitetail larvae underwater.

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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 Common Whitetail?

70-80 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Common Whitetail?

39-50 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Whitetail?

30-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Common Whitetail?

45 km/h

Was frisst Common Whitetail?

Common Whitetails are fierce insect hunters, eating many different kinds of small flying insects.

Wo findet man Common Whitetail normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Common Whitetail?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Common Whitetail?

6

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