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Pale Snaketail

Ophiogomphus severus

The Pale Snaketail is a unique dragonfly with a long, slender body and bright green eyes. It loves to fly around rivers and streams, making it a fun sight for nature lovers!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Pale Snaketail has a robust body with distinct widely-separated green eyes. Its thorax and abdomen are primarily pale yellowish-green, marked with dark brown or black stripes, giving it a somewhat muted appearance compared to brighter dragonflies.

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Pale Snaketail
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Pale Snaketail

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult snaketails spend most of their short lives searching for food and mates near water.

Baby snaketails (nymphs) have a special lower lip that shoots out to grab prey!

Their amazing aquatic larvae can live hidden underwater for several years before transforming!

Unlike many dragonflies, snaketails perch flat on the ground, blending perfectly with rocks!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Eagle Eyes

Pale Snaketail has huge compound eyes that let it spot tiny prey from far away while flying.

Fähigkeit

Supersonic Flight

Pale Snaketail can dart and hover with powerful wings, allowing quick maneuvers to catch other flying insects.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Breather

Its nymphs breathe underwater using gills inside their rectum, letting them stay submerged and hidden.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
60-90 mm
Größe
40-55 mm
Lebenserwartung
15-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
35 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Tiny hunters, Pale Snaketails eat other insects, both as flying adults and aquatic nymphs.

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs hunt aquatic insects and larvae underwater; adults pursue flying insects in the air.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • midges
  • smaller flies
  • mayfly nymphs
  • caddisfly larvae

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adults catch mosquitoes in flight near water.

eats

Green Drake Mayfly

Ephemera danica

Nymphs ambush mayfly larvae on the riverbed.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Bullfrogs prey on adult snaketails near the water's edge.

eaten by

American Mink

Mustela vison

Mink hunt aquatic dragonfly nymphs in shallow streams.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be careful not to disturb dragonflies when you see them near water.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Pale Snaketail?

60-90 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Pale Snaketail?

40-55 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Pale Snaketail?

15-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Pale Snaketail?

35 km/h

Was frisst Pale Snaketail?

Tiny hunters, Pale Snaketails eat other insects, both as flying adults and aquatic nymphs.

Wo findet man Pale Snaketail normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Pale Snaketail?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Pale Snaketail?

6

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