Band-winged Meadowhawk

Sympetrum semicinctum

The Band-winged Meadowhawk is a colorful dragonfly with bright red and yellow wings. They love to fly around ponds and fields, catching tiny bugs to eat. Watch them zoom and dart in the sun!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Band-winged Meadowhawk has a distinctive amber or yellowish-orange patch at the base of its hindwings, which gives it its name. Males display a reddish abdomen, while females are more yellowish-brown. Their clear wings often have dark veins.

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Band-winged Meadowhawk

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

A Band-winged Meadowhawk's eyes have thousands of tiny lenses!

Dragonflies are among the oldest winged insects on Earth!

Their larvae live underwater for months, even years, before becoming adults!

They help people by eating hundreds of mosquitoes and other pests daily!

Habilidades especiales

Band-winged Meadowhawk can see almost all around itself because of huge compound eyes that help them spot prey and avoid predators.

Band-winged Meadowhawk has distinctive amber wing patches that may help them signal other dragonflies during courtship.

Band-winged Meadowhawk can fly forwards, backwards, and hover, using four strong wings that help them catch flying insects mid-air.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 40-55 mm
Tamaño: 25-35 mm
Esperanza de vida: 30-60 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 20 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

These aerial hunters feast on small flying insects, helping to control mosquito populations near water.

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat aquatic insects; adults eat flying insects.

Alimentos principales

mosquitoes
gnats
midges
small flies
moths

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

hunts

Yellow Fever Mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Adults hunt and eat mosquitoes.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Adult dragonflies are prey for birds.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Larvae are food for fish.

eaten by

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Frogs eat both larvae and adults.

Rasgos

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Aéreo

Las criaturas aéreas pasan una parte importante de su vida en el aire, utilizando el vuelo para diversas actividades como la caza, la migración o la anidación.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.