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Red-tailed Pennant

Brachymesia furcata

The Red-tailed Pennant is a colorful dragonfly with bright red and yellow markings. It loves to fly around sunny areas near water, showing off its beautiful wings.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Red-tailed Pennant is a medium-sized dragonfly with a distinct reddish-orange abdomen on males, while females are duller yellowish-brown. Its clear wings feature a prominent dark spot (stigma) near the tip, and the thorax often displays yellowish streaks.

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Red-tailed Pennant
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Red-tailed Pennant

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Adult Red-tailed Pennants can catch and eat tiny insects while flying at top speed!

Their underwater nymphs breathe through gills inside their abdomen, a unique survival trick!

These dragonflies are ancient, with fossils showing they have existed for over 300 million years!

They help clean the air by eating thousands of flying pests, keeping nature in balance!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobat

Red-tailed Pennant can hover and fly backwards because of powerful wing muscles that help them hunt agile prey.

Fähigkeit

Predator Vision

Red-tailed Pennant has enormous compound eyes that allow them to see almost 360 degrees, helping spot tiny flying insects.

Fähigkeit

Nymph Camouflage

Red-tailed Pennant nymphs can blend into murky water because of their cryptic coloration that hides them from fish predators.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
60-85 mm
Größe
35-50 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
35 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Red-tailed Pennants are aerial hunters that feast on small flying insects like mosquitoes and flies.

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs eat aquatic invertebrates and small fish, while adults eat flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • midges
  • flies
  • gnats
  • small moths
  • butterflies

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Adult dragonflies are a food source for various bird species.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Dragonfly nymphs are prey for many freshwater fish species.

eats

Common House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Adult Red-tailed Pennants consume numerous mosquitoes.

eats

Non-biting Midge

Chironomus plumosus

Dragonflies actively hunt and consume swarms of midges.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Dragonflies are harmless and fun to watch, but don't try to catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Red-tailed Pennant?

60-85 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Red-tailed Pennant?

35-50 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Red-tailed Pennant?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Red-tailed Pennant?

35 km/h

Was frisst Red-tailed Pennant?

Red-tailed Pennants are aerial hunters that feast on small flying insects like mosquitoes and flies.

Wo findet man Red-tailed Pennant normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Red-tailed Pennant?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Red-tailed Pennant?

6

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