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Great Blue Skimmer

Libellula vibrans

The Great Blue Skimmer is a beautiful dragonfly with bright blue wings and a shiny body. It loves to fly around ponds and lakes, catching tiny insects to eat.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Great Blue Skimmer has a robust body, with adult males displaying a distinctive powdery blue coloration across their abdomen and thorax. Its wings are clear, often with a subtle amber tint at the base, setting it apart from other skimmers by its uniform blue and clear wing pattern.

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Great Blue Skimmer
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Great Blue Skimmer

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Dragonflies are ancient insects, having existed on Earth before the first dinosaurs appeared!

Dragonfly larvae, called nymphs, live underwater for years before they emerge to fly!

Their wings are incredibly strong, allowing them to fly even if one wing is slightly damaged.

They are excellent pest controllers, eating thousands of mosquitoes and gnats.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

360° Vision

Great Blue Skimmer has huge compound eyes that help them spot tiny prey and hidden predators in nearly all directions at once.

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Flight

Great Blue Skimmer can hover, dart, and fly backward because of its two sets of independently controlled wings.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Stealth

Great Blue Skimmer nymphs can blend perfectly with pond debris because of their dull, mottled bodies, avoiding detection.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
75-110 mm
Größe
50-70 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
35 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

This insect is an expert aerial hunter, catching other flying insects in mid-air!

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

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • flies
  • moths
  • small butterflies

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Common Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Actively preys on adult mosquitoes, helping control their populations.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Birds often snatch adult skimmers from the air as a food source.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Largemouth bass frequently consume dragonfly nymphs in freshwater habitats.

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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 Great Blue Skimmer?

75-110 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Great Blue Skimmer?

50-70 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Great Blue Skimmer?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Great Blue Skimmer?

35 km/h

Was frisst Great Blue Skimmer?

This insect is an expert aerial hunter, catching other flying insects in mid-air!

Wo findet man Great Blue Skimmer normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Great Blue Skimmer?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Great Blue Skimmer?

6

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