Migrant Hawker

Aeshna mixta

The Migrant Hawker is a colorful dragonfly that loves to fly around ponds and wetlands. With its bright blue and green colors, it is a beautiful sight to see as it zooms through the air.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

Aussehen

The Migrant Hawker is a medium-sized dragonfly with a brown body. Males have blue spots along their abdomen, while females exhibit yellow markings. Look for a distinctive yellow 'golf club' shaped stripe on the side of their thorax, a key identifier.

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Migrant Hawker

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Dragonflies spend most of their lives underwater as fierce nymph predators!

Migrant Hawkers can fly thousands of kilometers, even across seas, to find new homes!

They sometimes perform a special "mating wheel" in the air while flying together!

This dragonfly can catch and eat its prey in mid-air without ever landing!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Migrant Hawker has enormous compound eyes that provide almost 360-degree vision, helping it spot tiny prey and predators instantly.

Migrant Hawker can hover, fly backwards, and dart at high speeds because its four wings move independently, allowing amazing acrobatics.

Migrant Hawker can shiver its wing muscles rapidly to quickly warm its body, which helps it fly even on cooler days.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 70-80 mm
Größe: 55-65 mm
Lebenserwartung: 30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 45 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Migrant Hawkers are fierce aerial hunters who gobble up other insects right out of the air!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae hunt aquatic insects and tadpoles underwater; adults catch flying prey in the air.

Hauptnahrung

Mosquitoes
Midges
Flies
Small butterflies
Other small insects

Nahrungssuche

Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Kestrels are swift hunters that snatch adult dragonflies from the air.

eaten by

European Perch

Perca fluviatilis

Perch fish prey on Migrant Hawker nymphs living underwater.

hunts

Common House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Migrant Hawkers are expert at catching adult mosquitoes in flight.

hunts

House Fly

Musca domestica

They actively pursue and capture common house flies for food.

Merkmale

Luftbewohnend

Luftbewohnende Tiere verbringen einen erheblichen Teil ihres Lebens in der Luft und nutzen den Flug für verschiedene Aktivitäten wie Jagd, Wanderungen oder Nestbau.

Farbenfroh

Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.

Insektenfressend

Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Organismen, deren Nahrung hauptsächlich aus Insekten und anderen kleinen Wirbellosen besteht.

Feuchtgebiet

Dieses Lebensraummerkmal kennzeichnet Arten, die in Feuchtgebieten vorkommen. Dies sind Landflächen, die dauerhaft oder saisonal mit Wasser gesättigt sind, darunter Marschland, Sümpfe und Moore.