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White Corporal

Ladona exusta

The White Corporal is a beautiful dragonfly with striking white and blue colors. They love to fly around ponds and wetlands, showing off their amazing wings.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

Aussehen

The White Corporal is a medium-sized dragonfly with a dark brown to black body. Males develop a distinctive powdery white coating on their abdomen. Its wings are clear, featuring a dark spot called a stigma near the tip.

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White Corporal
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White Corporal

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

An adult White Corporal can fly its entire body length in less than a second!

Dragonflies often 'sunbathe' to warm up their muscles, helping them fly faster!

They are ancient insects, existing on Earth even before dinosaurs roamed!

White Corporals spend most of their life underwater as fierce, camouflaged nymphs!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Acrobatic Flyer

White Corporals can hover in mid-air and even fly backward, which helps them ambush unsuspecting prey.

Fähigkeit

Panoramic Vision

This dragonfly has huge compound eyes that give it nearly 360-degree vision, essential for hunting and avoiding predators.

Fähigkeit

Lightning Grab

The White Corporal has spiky legs that form a basket to scoop flying insects right out of the air.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
65-80 mm
Größe
40-45 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
45 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

This insect is a skilled hunter, feasting on smaller flying insects like mosquitoes and flies.

Altersunterschiede: Nymphs hunt aquatic insects and small tadpoles, while adults exclusively catch flying insects.

Hauptnahrung

  • mosquitoes
  • gnats
  • flies
  • midges
  • small moths

Nahrungssuche

  • Pursuit

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

eats nymphs in the water

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

preys on adult dragonflies

hunts

Common House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

preys on adults in flight

shelters

Common Cattail

Typha latifolia

provides perches and shelter

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Dragonflies are friendly and won't hurt you, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von White Corporal?

65-80 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von White Corporal?

40-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von White Corporal?

30-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von White Corporal?

45 km/h

Was frisst White Corporal?

This insect is a skilled hunter, feasting on smaller flying insects like mosquitoes and flies.

Wo findet man White Corporal normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt White Corporal?

Pursuit

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von White Corporal?

6

Snap-Karte

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Neueste Snaps

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