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Snaketails

Ophiogomphus

Snaketails are special dragonflies that look like snakes! They have long, slender bodies and colorful wings. You can often find them near water, where they love to fly and hunt for food.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Snaketails is a slender dragonfly typically adorned with striking yellow and black stripes along its body. Its large, clear wings are held out to the sides at rest, and its widely separated eyes distinguish it from other dragonfly families.

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Snaketails
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Snaketails

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

An adult Snaketail's entire head is almost entirely made of its two huge eyes!

Baby Snaketails (nymphs) live in water for years before becoming flying adults!

Some Snaketails are named after rivers where they were first discovered!

They catch other insects mid-air using their spiky legs like a basket!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sight

Snaketails have massive compound eyes that help them spot tiny insect prey from far away.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Breather

Young Snaketails can breathe underwater using gills inside their rectum, helping them survive as larvae.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
50-80 mm
Größe
35-65 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Snaketails are fierce hunters, eating many kinds of smaller insects, both as larvae and adults.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae (nymphs) are ambush predators of aquatic invertebrates; adults actively hunt flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • midges
  • flies
  • mayflies
  • caddisflies

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Lake Midge

Chironomus plumosus

Adults capture and eat these flying insects for energy.

hunts

Olives Mayfly

Baetis rhodani

Nymphs ambush these tiny aquatic insects in streams.

eaten by

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Trout often prey on the aquatic Snaketail nymphs.

eaten by

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Swallows are agile hunters of adult Snaketails in flight.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be careful not to touch insects, as they can be delicate and may fly away quickly.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Snaketails?

50-80 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Snaketails?

35-65 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Snaketails?

20-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Snaketails?

15 km/h

Was frisst Snaketails?

Snaketails are fierce hunters, eating many kinds of smaller insects, both as larvae and adults.

Wo findet man Snaketails normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Snaketails?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Snaketails?

6

Snap-Karte

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