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Flame Skimmer

Libellula saturata

The Flame Skimmer is a bright orange dragonfly that loves to fly near ponds and lakes. They are fun to watch as they zoom around and can even hover in the air!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Flame Skimmer male is strikingly vivid reddish-orange, with matching wing venation that gives it a fiery appearance. Females are duller, yellowish-brown, often sporting amber-tinted wings with dark spots near the tips. This intense fiery red sets the male apart from most other dragonflies.

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Flame Skimmer
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Flame Skimmer

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Flame Skimmers have 30,000 tiny lenses in their eyes, seeing almost all around them!

Male Flame Skimmers fiercely guard their watery territories from other dragonflies!

Their babies, called nymphs, live underwater for months before transforming into adults!

They are expert sun-bathers, warming up on rocks to get ready for high-speed flight!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Hunter

Flame Skimmer can snatch flying insects mid-air because of their incredible speed and maneuverability, helping them catch food.

Fähigkeit

All-Around Vision

Flame Skimmer has massive compound eyes that wrap around their head, helping them spot prey or predators from almost every angle.

Fähigkeit

Four-Wing Power

Flame Skimmer can control each of their four wings independently, allowing them to hover, fly backward, and turn instantly.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
70-100 mm
Größe
45-65 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
35 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Tiny flying insects are their favorite snack, caught right out of the air!

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs eat aquatic invertebrates, while adults hunt flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • flies
  • midges
  • small moths

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Helps control mosquito populations near water.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Adults can become a meal for hungry frogs.

eaten by

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Nymphs are a food source for fish in ponds.

hunts

Common Midge

Chironomus plumosus

An adult consumes many midges daily.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Flame Dragonfly

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be careful not to disturb dragonflies when you see them near water.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Flame Skimmer?

70-100 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Flame Skimmer?

45-65 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Flame Skimmer?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Flame Skimmer?

35 km/h

Was frisst Flame Skimmer?

Tiny flying insects are their favorite snack, caught right out of the air!

Wo findet man Flame Skimmer normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Flame Skimmer?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Flame Skimmer?

6

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