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Paddle-tailed Darner

Aeshna palmata

The Paddle-tailed Darner is a beautiful dragonfly with a paddle-shaped tail. It loves to fly around ponds and wetlands, showing off its bright colors and fast movements.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Paddle-tailed Darner has a long, slender body with striking blue and green markings on a dark brown background. Males are distinct for their flattened, paddle-like abdomen tip. It also possesses large, wrap-around eyes and four clear, delicate wings, typical of darners.

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Paddle-tailed Darner
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Paddle-tailed Darner

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A single Darner can eat hundreds of pesky mosquitoes and flies in just one day!

Dragonflies like the Darner existed on Earth even before the first dinosaurs appeared!

They mate in a unique 'wheel' position while flying or perched on vegetation.

Young darners, called nymphs, live underwater for several years before becoming adults.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Omni-Gaze Vision

Paddle-tailed Darners can see almost 360 degrees because their giant compound eyes help them spot prey and predators from any direction.

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Flight

Paddle-tailed Darners can fly forwards, backwards, hover, and change direction instantly because each wing moves independently.

Fähigkeit

Lightning Strike Hunter

Paddle-tailed Darners can snatch flying insects right out of the air because of their incredible speed and agility.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
90-100 mm
Größe
65-75 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
45 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

An aerial hunter, it dines on a variety of flying insects caught mid-flight.

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs are aquatic predators, eating tadpoles, small fish, and aquatic insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • flies
  • gnats
  • moths
  • butterflies

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Common Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Hunts adult mosquitoes, helping control their populations.

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Can be prey for various bird species near water bodies.

eats

Yellow Perch

Perca flavescens

Nymphs are a food source for fish in aquatic habitats.

hunts

Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Nymphs hunt tadpoles and other small aquatic organisms.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Paddle-tailed Darner?

90-100 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Paddle-tailed Darner?

65-75 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Paddle-tailed Darner?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Paddle-tailed Darner?

45 km/h

Was frisst Paddle-tailed Darner?

An aerial hunter, it dines on a variety of flying insects caught mid-flight.

Wo findet man Paddle-tailed Darner normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Paddle-tailed Darner?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Paddle-tailed Darner?

6

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