




somatochlora hudsonica
The Hudsonian Emerald is a stunning dragonfly with bright green and golden colors! It flits around wetlands, adding a touch of magic to the air as it hunts for tiny insects.
Lebensraum: Freshwater wetlands, lakes, and ponds.
The Hudsonian Emerald has striking emerald-green eyes that meet in the middle and a dark, metallic green body that can appear bronze in certain light. Its wings are clear, sometimes with a faint brownish tinge near the base, and its abdomen is slender, marked with subtle yellow spots.





Kategorie
InsektenSeltenheit
Common
Gefahr
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Snaps
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Dragonflies catch prey mid-air with their legs, often eating it while still flying without landing!
Its larva lives underwater for up to three years before transforming into a flying adult!
The 'emerald' in their name refers to their dazzling green eyes, not just their body color!
Underwater, young emeralds breathe through gills located inside their rectum, often expelling water for propulsion!
Hudsonian Emeralds can hover, fly backward, and change direction instantly because of their two pairs of powerful, independently moving wings.
Hudsonian Emeralds have massive compound eyes that give them nearly 360-degree vision, helping them spot tiny prey in mid-flight.
Hudsonian Emeralds have spiky legs that form a basket to scoop flying insects right out of the air while hunting.
A fierce hunter, it snacks on small flying insects from mosquitoes to midges!
Altersunterschiede: Larvae are aquatic predators, eating tiny invertebrates; adults hunt flying insects in the air.
Salvelinus fontinalis
Fish eat larval Hudsonian Emeralds living underwater.
Culex pipiens
Adult emeralds are important predators of mosquitoes.
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Tyrannus tyrannus
Birds like kingbirds snatch adult dragonflies from the air.
Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.
Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus tierischem Gewebe besteht.
Tagaktive Tiere sind hauptsächlich bei Tageslicht aktiv und ruhen oder schlafen in der Regel nachts.
Aquatische Lebensräume umfassen Umgebungen, in denen Organismen überwiegend im Wasser leben, darunter Ozeane, Flüsse, Seen und Feuchtgebiete.
Beschreibt Organismen, die Pollen übertragen und so die Befruchtung und Fortpflanzung von Pflanzen ermöglichen.
Gefahr
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60-80 mm
45-55 mm
30-90 Tage
30 km/h
A fierce hunter, it snacks on small flying insects from mosquitoes to midges!
Freshwater wetlands, lakes, and ponds.
Pursuit
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Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.
Neueste Snaps erscheinen hier, wenn neue Beobachtungen hinzukommen.