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Double-ringed Pennant

Celithemis verna

The Double-ringed Pennant is a colorful dragonfly with bright yellow and black markings. It loves to fly around ponds and marshes, showing off its beautiful wings.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Double-ringed Pennant is a medium-sized dragonfly with a slender body. Males often display a vibrant reddish-orange body and distinct dark spots on each wing, appearing as 'double rings.' Females are typically a yellowish-brown, lacking the strong red coloration.

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Double-ringed Pennant
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Double-ringed Pennant

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A dragonfly's huge eyes have thousands of tiny lenses, giving them incredible, almost 360-degree vision.

Dragonflies are ancient insects; their ancestors flew over 300 million years ago!

These dragonflies can fly backwards and sideways, not just forwards, making them amazing fliers!

They spend most of their life underwater as a predatory nymph before ever taking flight!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobaatics

Double-ringed Pennant can hover perfectly in place because its four independent wings help them scan for prey.

Fähigkeit

Super Sight

Double-ringed Pennant has nearly 360-degree vision with enormous compound eyes that helps them detect tiny flying insects.

Fähigkeit

Color Shifter

Double-ringed Pennant males develop vibrant red colors as they mature, helping them attract mates and define territory.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
48-68 mm
Größe
32-45 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-42 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

This speedy dragonfly is an expert hunter, catching and eating other flying insects in mid-air!

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs hunt aquatic insects underwater, while adults hunt flying insects in the air.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • flies
  • midges
  • small moths

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

adults are a quick snack for some birds

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

frogs often prey on resting dragonflies

hunts

Common House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

helps control mosquito populations

eaten by

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

nymphs are hunted by fish underwater

Merkmale

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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 Double-ringed Pennant?

48-68 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Double-ringed Pennant?

32-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Double-ringed Pennant?

14-42 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Double-ringed Pennant?

20 km/h

Was frisst Double-ringed Pennant?

This speedy dragonfly is an expert hunter, catching and eating other flying insects in mid-air!

Wo findet man Double-ringed Pennant normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Double-ringed Pennant?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Double-ringed Pennant?

6

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