Banded Demoiselle

Calopteryx splendens

The Banded Demoiselle is a beautiful dragonfly with shiny, colorful wings. They love to flutter around rivers and ponds, showing off their bright colors to everyone!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Banded Demoiselle has a metallic blue-green body. Males are striking with broad, dark blue-black bands across their translucent wings, while females have green bodies and clear, often smoky, wings with a prominent white spot. This wing banding makes them easily distinguishable from other damselflies.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloArthropodaClaseInsectaOrdenOdonataFamiliaCalopterygidaeGéneroCalopteryx

Banded Demoiselle

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

Despite having six legs, they aren't built for walking and prefer to fly or perch!

Their dazzling metallic shimmer comes from tiny structures, not just plain color!

They have separate eyes on either side of their head, unlike dragonflies with conjoined eyes!

Wow, their larvae can live underwater for up to two years before becoming adults!

Habilidades especiales

Females can carefully lay their eggs inside aquatic plant stems using a special egg-laying tube.

Its aquatic nymphs are fierce predators, ambushing small invertebrates hidden in the water.

Males actively defend prime spots along the water's edge to ensure successful mating opportunities.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 60-70 mm
Tamaño: 45-48 mm
Esperanza de vida: 14-28 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 5-10 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

These aerial hunters feast on small flying insects they snatch right out of the air!

Diferencias por edad: Nymphs are aquatic predators, ambushing small invertebrates; adults hunt aerial insects.

Alimentos principales

Midges
Mosquitoes
Small flies
Aphids
Mayflies

Método de búsqueda

Pursuit

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Common frog

Rana temporaria

Adults can be prey for amphibians.

eaten by

Brown trout

Salmo trutta

Nymphs are a food source for fish.

eaten by

Grey wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

Birds often catch them near water.

hunts

Common house mosquito

Culex pipiens

Helps control mosquito populations.

hunts

Non-biting midge

Chironomus plumosus

Preys on various small flying insects.

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.