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Striped Meadowhawk

Sympetrum pallipes

The Striped Meadowhawk is a colorful dragonfly with bright red and yellow stripes. They love to fly around sunny meadows and ponds, catching tiny bugs to eat.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

Aussehen

The Striped Meadowhawk has a reddish-brown body (males are often bright red) with pale yellow or white stripes on its legs, which give it its name. Its wings are clear, sometimes with a yellowish tint near the base, and feature a pale spot near the wingtip.

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Striped Meadowhawk
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Striped Meadowhawk

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A meadowhawk's wings can beat 30 times a second!

Baby meadowhawks live underwater for months or even years!

Dragonflies have been flying for over 300 million years!

They catch 95% of the prey they hunt – super hunters!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

360 Vision

Striped Meadowhawk has enormous compound eyes that give them nearly 360-degree vision, helping them spot tiny prey and predators.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobatics

Striped Meadowhawk can fly forwards, backward, and hover due to independently moving wings, helping them catch prey mid-air.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Transformation

Striped Meadowhawk nymphs live underwater for months, breathing with gills, before transforming into winged adults.

Maße und Details

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

Ernährung und Fütterung

Tiny flying insects are their favorite meal, caught right out of the air!

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs hunt aquatic larvae; adults feast on flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • Mosquitoes
  • Gnats
  • Flies
  • Midges
  • Small moths

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Common house mosquito

Culex pipiens

Adults hunt these flying insects.

eaten by

American bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

Both nymphs and adults can be prey.

eaten by

Yellow perch

Perca flavescens

Fish often prey on the aquatic nymphs.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Dragonflies are harmless and fun to watch, but it's best to observe them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Striped Meadowhawk?

45-75 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Striped Meadowhawk?

30-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Striped Meadowhawk?

30-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Striped Meadowhawk?

20 km/h

Was frisst Striped Meadowhawk?

Tiny flying insects are their favorite meal, caught right out of the air!

Wo findet man Striped Meadowhawk normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Striped Meadowhawk?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Striped Meadowhawk?

6

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