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Halloween Pennant

Celithemis eponina

The Halloween Pennant is a colorful dragonfly with bright orange and black wings. They love to flutter around ponds and sunny spots, showing off their beautiful colors.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

Aussehen

The Halloween Pennant has a reddish-brown body with clear wings strikingly marked by large, irregular patches of amber-orange and dark brown. These distinct wing patterns, especially the orange and dark brown blotches, make it easily recognizable among other dragonflies.

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Halloween Pennant
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Halloween Pennant

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A Halloween Pennant's eyes have tens of thousands of tiny lenses!

Dragonflies can move each of their four wings independently for amazing stunts.

It can eat over a hundred mosquitoes in just one day!

Its larvae, called nymphs, live underwater for months, breathing through gills!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sight

The Halloween Pennant has huge compound eyes covering most of its head that help it spot tiny insects from far away.

Fähigkeit

Airborne Hunter

This dragonfly can fly incredibly fast, hover, and even dart backward to catch other flying insects in mid-air.

Fähigkeit

Sticky Basket Legs

The Halloween Pennant has spiky legs that form a 'basket' to scoop up and hold prey while flying.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
50-70 mm
Größe
35-48 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
40 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These speedy hunters snatch up smaller flying insects right out of the air!

Altersunterschiede: Larval nymphs hunt aquatic insects underwater; adults hunt flying insects in the air.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • flies
  • small moths
  • midges

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adult dragonflies prey on these flying insects.

eats

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Fish often eat the aquatic dragonfly nymphs.

eats

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Frogs consume adult dragonflies when they land.

eats

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Many bird species will catch and eat adult dragonflies.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Halloween Dragonfly

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 Halloween Pennant?

50-70 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Halloween Pennant?

35-48 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Halloween Pennant?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Halloween Pennant?

40 km/h

Was frisst Halloween Pennant?

These speedy hunters snatch up smaller flying insects right out of the air!

Wo findet man Halloween Pennant normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Halloween Pennant?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Halloween Pennant?

6

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