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Pin-Tailed Pondhawk

erythemis plebeja

The Pin-Tailed Pondhawk is a vibrant dragonfly known for its beautiful blue and green colors. It loves to flutter around ponds and lakes, making it a fun sight for kids to watch!

Lebensraum: Freshwater ponds, lakes, and marshes

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The Pin-Tailed Pondhawk is a small, dark dragonfly, often appearing black with a pruinose blue thorax in mature males. Its slender, tapering abdomen gives it a distinctive 'pin-tail' appearance, and females typically display yellow spots along their dark body.

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Pin-Tailed Pondhawk
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Pin-Tailed Pondhawk

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Dragonflies have been flying for over 300 million years, even before the dinosaurs!

Pin-Tailed Pondhawk nymphs can live underwater for years before becoming flying adults!

Pin-Tailed Pondhawks eat mosquitoes, helping to keep those pesky biters in check!

They catch prey with their legs in a 'basket' while flying!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobatics

Pin-Tailed Pondhawk can fly in any direction, even backwards, because of its two pairs of independently moving wings.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Breathing

Pin-Tailed Pondhawk nymphs breathe underwater using gills, allowing them to live and hunt submerged.

Fähigkeit

Extendable Jaw

Pin-Tailed Pondhawk larvae have an extendable jaw, a labium, that helps them snatch unsuspecting prey.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
50-75 mm
Größe
35-45 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
25 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They are aerial predators, catching small flying insects.

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs hunt aquatic insects and tadpoles; adults hunt flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • Mosquitoes
  • Gnats
  • Flies
  • Small Moths
  • Midges

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adults prey on them in flight.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Birds snatch them from the air or perches.

eaten by

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Fish prey on pondhawk nymphs underwater.

hunts

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Nymphs ambush tadpoles in the water.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Blue PondhawkCommon PondhawkErythemis DragonflyGreen Pondhawk

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Pin-Tailed Pondhawk?

50-75 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Pin-Tailed Pondhawk?

35-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Pin-Tailed Pondhawk?

30-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Pin-Tailed Pondhawk?

25 km/h

Was frisst Pin-Tailed Pondhawk?

They are aerial predators, catching small flying insects.

Wo findet man Pin-Tailed Pondhawk normalerweise?

Freshwater ponds, lakes, and marshes

Wie jagt Pin-Tailed Pondhawk?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Pin-Tailed Pondhawk?

6

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