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Little Blue Dragonlet

Erythrodiplax minuscula

The Little Blue Dragonlet is a tiny dragonfly with beautiful blue wings. They love to flutter around near water and are often seen resting on plants. Their small size makes them special and easy to spot!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Little Blue Dragonlet is a tiny dragonfly, typically bright, iridescent blue on its body, especially males. Its clear wings have a dark spot called a stigma, and its legs are often yellowish. Females can appear more brownish-yellow.

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Little Blue Dragonlet
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Little Blue Dragonlet

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

A Little Blue Dragonlet nymph lives underwater for months, then sheds its skin to fly!

Dragonflies are ancient insects; their ancestors flew the Earth over 300 million years ago!

Dragonflies form a heart-shaped 'mating wheel' in mid-air, a unique way to reproduce!

Its underwater babies, called nymphs, can breathe through gills inside their bottom!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

360 Vision

Little Blue Dragonlets have huge compound eyes that provide almost 360-degree vision, helping them spot tiny prey and avoid predators.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobats

Little Blue Dragonlets can hover, fly backward, and change direction instantly because of their powerful, independently moving wings.

Fähigkeit

Mid-Air Trapper

Little Blue Dragonlets can snatch flying insects right out of the air using their spiky legs, acting like a net.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
35-45 mm
Größe
20-25 mm
Lebenserwartung
28-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
28 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They are swift aerial hunters, feasting on small flying insects they catch mid-air.

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs hunt aquatic insect larvae and small aquatic invertebrates underwater.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • midges
  • flies
  • small moths
  • gnats

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Mosquito

Anopheles quadrimaculatus

Keeps mosquito populations in check.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Bullfrogs prey on adult dragonflies near water.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Large fish eat dragonlet nymphs in the water.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be gentle and quiet around dragonflies so you don't scare them away.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Little Blue Dragonlet?

35-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Little Blue Dragonlet?

20-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Little Blue Dragonlet?

28-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Little Blue Dragonlet?

28 km/h

Was frisst Little Blue Dragonlet?

They are swift aerial hunters, feasting on small flying insects they catch mid-air.

Wo findet man Little Blue Dragonlet normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Little Blue Dragonlet?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Little Blue Dragonlet?

6

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