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Northern Spreadwing

Lestes disjunctus

The Northern Spreadwing is a beautiful dragonfly that loves to flutter around ponds and wetlands. With its long body and delicate wings, it can often be seen resting on leaves or flying gracefully over the water.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Northern Spreadwing is a slender damselfly, often displaying metallic green, bronze, or bluish hues on its body. Its clear wings are distinctively held wide apart when resting, a key feature differentiating it from most other damselflies.

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Northern Spreadwing

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Some damselflies can change their body color based on temperature or age!

Their eyes have thousands of tiny lenses for spotting the smallest prey!

Their young live underwater for months, completely hidden from sight!

They hold wings wide open when resting, giving them their 'spreadwing' name!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Spreadwing Stance

Northern Spreadwing can hold its wings wide open even at rest, which helps it warm up faster by soaking in the sun's rays.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Breather

Northern Spreadwing nymphs have special gills that allow them to breathe underwater, helping them stay hidden from predators.

Fähigkeit

Hover Hunt

Northern Spreadwing can hover and dart quickly in the air, allowing it to expertly catch tiny flying insects mid-flight.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
40-55 mm
Größe
30-40 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These swift hunters keep insect populations in check, eating many small flying bugs!

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs eat aquatic invertebrates like mosquito larvae; adults eat flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • midges
  • small flies
  • aphids

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Keeps mosquito populations balanced in wetlands.

eaten by

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

An important food source for insect-eating birds.

eaten by

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

Adults can become a meal for hungry amphibians.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Watch these insects from a distance and don't try to catch them, as they are delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Northern Spreadwing?

40-55 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Northern Spreadwing?

30-40 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Northern Spreadwing?

30-60 Tage

Was frisst Northern Spreadwing?

These swift hunters keep insect populations in check, eating many small flying bugs!

Wo findet man Northern Spreadwing normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Northern Spreadwing?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Northern Spreadwing?

6

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