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Common Winter Damselfly

Sympecma fusca

The Common Winter Damselfly is a small, delicate insect that can be seen during the chilly months. They are often found resting on plants, showing off their beautiful wings.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Common Winter Damselfly has a slender, elongated body, typically bronze-brown with metallic green reflections. Its clear wings often remain spread at rest, a unique trait for most damselflies, and it can darken its colour in colder temperatures, making it look different from other damselflies.

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Common Winter Damselfly
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Common Winter Damselfly

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Spot its wings! They can shimmer like tiny stained glass windows in the sun!

Their eyes have thousands of tiny lenses, giving them a super wide view!

This damselfly is Europe's only one that survives winter as an adult!

This damselfly is a fantastic hunter, catching tiny insects mid-air with incredible speed!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Winter Survivor

Common Winter Damselfly can survive winter as an adult by lowering its metabolism, helping them live longer than most damselflies.

Fähigkeit

Solar Powered

Common Winter Damselfly can darken its body colour, helping it absorb more sun and warm up faster in cool weather.

Fähigkeit

Open Wing Rest

Common Winter Damselfly has unique wings because they rest slightly open, helping it soak up the sun's warmth on cool days.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
40-55 mm
Größe
30-45 mm
Lebenserwartung
200-270 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
7 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

This tiny hunter loves to eat other small insects.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat aquatic insects; adults hunt flying prey.

Hauptnahrung

  • midges
  • mosquitoes
  • small flies
  • aphids
  • gnats

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Midge

Chironomus plumosus

Adults snatch midges from the air.

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adults help control mosquito populations.

eaten by

Common Frog

Rana temporaria

Frogs sometimes snap up resting damselflies.

eaten by

Northern Pike

Esox lucius

Pike prey on damselfly larvae in water.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's safe to watch damselflies, but don't try to catch them; they are delicate!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Winter Damselfly?

40-55 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Common Winter Damselfly?

30-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Winter Damselfly?

200-270 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Common Winter Damselfly?

7 km/h

Was frisst Common Winter Damselfly?

This tiny hunter loves to eat other small insects.

Wo findet man Common Winter Damselfly normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Common Winter Damselfly?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Common Winter Damselfly?

6

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