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Southern Hawker

Aeshna cyanea

The Southern Hawker is a colorful dragonfly with bright green and blue markings. It loves to fly around ponds and gardens, catching small insects in the air.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Southern Hawker is a large, robust dragonfly. Males typically have a striking mosaic pattern of blue and apple-green on a black body, while females are usually green and yellow. Its large, iridescent compound eyes meet at the top of its head, providing exceptional vision.

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Southern Hawker
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Southern Hawker

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A Southern Hawker's eyes contain nearly 30,000 tiny lenses for incredible sight!

Baby Southern Hawkers live underwater for up to two years before transforming!

Dragonflies have been zipping around Earth since before the dinosaurs!

They can twist and turn in the air, even flying backwards, thanks to their four wings!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobat

Southern Hawker can hover, fly backward, and turn rapidly because of its independently controlled wings that help them catch agile prey.

Fähigkeit

360-Degree Sight

Southern Hawker has huge compound eyes covering most of its head that helps them spot movement in almost every direction.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Hunter

Southern Hawker larvae can breathe and hunt underwater using gills that help them ambush aquatic insects and tadpoles.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
95-110 mm
Größe
70-75 mm
Lebenserwartung
395-1185 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
45 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Southern Hawkers are aerial hunters, catching other flying insects right out of the air!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat aquatic insects and tadpoles; adults eat flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • flies
  • mosquitoes
  • butterflies
  • moths
  • smaller dragonflies

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

housefly

Musca domestica

Adults actively pursue and eat these flies.

hunts

common mosquito

Culex pipiens

Adults are important predators of mosquitoes.

eaten by

common frog

Rana temporaria

Frog adults and tadpoles can eat dragonfly nymphs.

eaten by

blackbird

Turdus merula

Birds, like blackbirds, sometimes catch adult dragonflies.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Southern Hawker Dragonfly

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Southern Hawker?

95-110 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Southern Hawker?

70-75 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Southern Hawker?

395-1185 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Southern Hawker?

45 km/h

Was frisst Southern Hawker?

Southern Hawkers are aerial hunters, catching other flying insects right out of the air!

Wo findet man Southern Hawker normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Southern Hawker?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Southern Hawker?

6

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