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Large Red Damselfly

Pyrrhosoma nymphula

The Large Red Damselfly is a beautiful insect with bright red and black colors. It loves to flutter around near water, showing off its delicate wings in the sunshine.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Large Red Damselfly is a striking insect with a bright, fiery red body, especially on its abdomen, which features subtle black markings. It has four delicate, clear wings that are often tinged with amber near their base, and its prominent eyes are a reddish-brown hue.

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Large Red Damselfly
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Large Red Damselfly

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Baby damselflies live underwater for up to two years!

Large Red Damselflies perform a unique 'mating wheel' shape!

Their clear wings can beat over 30 times a second!

They spend almost their whole adult life looking for food.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sight

Large Red Damselflies have huge compound eyes that help them spot tiny flying insects in many directions at once.

Fähigkeit

Mid-air Snatcher

Large Red Damselflies can quickly grab small flying insects with their spiky legs, helping them secure a meal during flight.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Gills

Young Large Red Damselflies (nymphs) have external, feathery gills at their tail, which helps them breathe underwater.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
45-50 mm
Größe
33-36 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-21 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These hungry hunters gobble up tiny flying insects like gnats and midges!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae (nymphs) eat tiny aquatic insects and crustaceans; adults eat flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • Gnats
  • Midges
  • Mosquitoes
  • Small flies
  • Aphids

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Midge

Chironomus plumosus

a common tiny fly caught for food

eaten by

Common Frog

Rana temporaria

a quick meal for hungry amphibians

eaten by

Emperor Dragonfly

Anax imperator

larger predatory dragonflies occasionally hunt them

eaten by

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

their larvae provide food for fish

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Damselflies are harmless, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Large Red Damselfly?

45-50 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Large Red Damselfly?

33-36 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Large Red Damselfly?

14-21 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Large Red Damselfly?

15 km/h

Was frisst Large Red Damselfly?

These hungry hunters gobble up tiny flying insects like gnats and midges!

Wo findet man Large Red Damselfly normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Large Red Damselfly?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Large Red Damselfly?

6

Snap-Karte

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