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Spotted Spreadwing

Lestes congener

The Spotted Spreadwing is a beautiful dragonfly with long wings and spots on its body. It loves to flutter around water, where it hunts for tiny insects to eat.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

Aussehen

The Spotted Spreadwing has a slender body that gleams metallic green or bronze. Its clear wings feature distinctive pale, often bicolored, spots near the tips. Unlike most damselflies, it rests with its wings held slightly open, not pressed together.

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Spotted Spreadwing

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Older damselflies sometimes get a powdery blue or white coating, making them look totally different!

Spotted Spreadwings get their name because they rest with their wings partly open.

Their babies live underwater for almost a year before becoming flying adults!

They use their six spiky legs like a basket to scoop up tiny flying insects in mid-air.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Underwater Hunter

Spotted Spreadwing larvae can breathe and hunt underwater using special feathery gills, helping them survive until they grow wings.

Fähigkeit

Wing Warm-up Spots

Spotted Spreadwing has special dark wing spots (pterostigmata) that absorb sunlight, helping warm its body so it can fly faster.

Fähigkeit

Instant Air Snatcher

The Spotted Spreadwing has lightning-fast reflexes and spiky legs to snatch small flying insects right out of the air for a quick meal.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
40-55 mm
Größe
30-45 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Tiny flying insects are the favorite meal for the Spotted Spreadwing!

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs eat aquatic invertebrates; adults hunt flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • midges
  • gnats
  • small flies

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Common House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

Hunts these tiny pests in the air.

eaten by

Green Frog

Rana clamitans

A quick snack for hungry frogs near water.

eaten by

Mosquitofish

Gambusia affinis

Eats its young (nymphs) living underwater.

shelters

Cattail

Typha latifolia

Resting and hunting perches among its stalks.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be careful around water where these dragonflies live, and don't try to catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Spotted Spreadwing?

40-55 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Spotted Spreadwing?

30-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Spotted Spreadwing?

30-60 Tage

Was frisst Spotted Spreadwing?

Tiny flying insects are the favorite meal for the Spotted Spreadwing!

Wo findet man Spotted Spreadwing normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Spotted Spreadwing?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Spotted Spreadwing?

6

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